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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Common risk factors in the development of autism include male gender, advanced maternal age, and advanced paternal age. | |||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
Boys are at higher risk for autism than girls. | Common risk factors in the development autism include | ||
* Male gender : Boys are at higher risk for autism than girls.<ref name="Newschaffer">{{cite journal |author= Newschaffer CJ, Croen LA, Daniels J ''et al.'' |title= The epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders |journal= Annu Rev Public Health |year=2007 |volume=28 |pages=235–58 |pmid=17367287 |doi=10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144007}}</ref> | |||
* Prenatal and [[perinatal]] risk factors | |||
** Maternal age | |||
** Advanced paternal age | |||
** Low [[birth weight]] | |||
** [[gestation]] duration | |||
** [[Hypoxia (medical)|Hypoxia]] during [[childbirth]].<ref name="Kolevzon">{{cite journal |author= Kolevzon A, Gross R, Reichenberg A |title= Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for autism |journal= Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med |volume=161 |issue=4 |date=2007 |pages=326–33 |pmid=17404128 |url=http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/161/4/326 |doi= 10.1001/archpedi.161.4.326}}</ref> | |||
* Family history schizophrenia<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Pediatrics |date=2008 |volume=121 |issue=5 |pages=e1357–62 |title= Parental psychiatric disorders associated with autism spectrum disorders in the offspring |author= Daniels JL, Forssen U, Hultman CM ''et al.'' |doi=10.1542/peds.2007-2296 |pmid=18450879 |url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/121/5/e1357 |laysummary=http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/mental-disorders-in-parents-linked-to-autism-in-children.html |laydate=2008-05-05 |laysource= UNC News}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Common risk factors in the development of autism include male gender, advanced maternal age, and advanced paternal age.
Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development autism include
- Male gender : Boys are at higher risk for autism than girls.[1]
- Prenatal and perinatal risk factors
- Maternal age
- Advanced paternal age
- Low birth weight
- gestation duration
- Hypoxia during childbirth.[2]
- Family history schizophrenia[3]
References
- ↑ Newschaffer CJ, Croen LA, Daniels J; et al. (2007). "The epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders". Annu Rev Public Health. 28: 235–58. doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144007. PMID 17367287.
- ↑ Kolevzon A, Gross R, Reichenberg A (2007). "Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for autism". Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 161 (4): 326–33. doi:10.1001/archpedi.161.4.326. PMID 17404128.
- ↑ Daniels JL, Forssen U, Hultman CM; et al. (2008). "Parental psychiatric disorders associated with autism spectrum disorders in the offspring". Pediatrics. 121 (5): e1357–62. doi:10.1542/peds.2007-2296. PMID 18450879. Lay summary – UNC News (2008-05-05).