Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Low Birth Weight and Small for Gestational Age Infants

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• 作者：Katja M. Lampi ; MSc¹ ; ^{katja.lampi@utu.fi} ; Liisa Lehtonen ; MD ; PhD² ; ³ ; Phuong Lien Tran ; Med Cand¹ ; ⁴ ; Auli Suominen ; MSc¹ ; Venla Lehti ; MD¹ ; P. Nina Banerjee ; PhD⁵ ; Mika Gissler ; MSocSc ; PhD¹ ; ⁶ ; ⁷ ; Alan S. Brown ; MD ; MPH⁸ ; ⁵ ; Andre Sourander ; MD ; PhD¹ ; ⁸ ; ⁹
• 关键词：AGA ; Appropriate for gestational age ; ASD ; Autism spectrum disorder ; FHDR ; Finnish Hospital Discharge Register ; FMBR ; Finnish Medical Birth Register ; ICD ; International Classification of Diseases ; LGA ; Large for gestational age ; NICU ; Neonatal intensive c
• 刊名：The Journal of Pediatrics
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：November, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：161
• 期：5
• 页码：830-836
• 全文大小：142 K

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Objective

To examine the relationship between birth weight, gestational age, small for gestational age (SGA), and 3 of the most common autism spectrum disorder (ASD) subtypes.

Study design

In this population-based case-control study conducted in Finland, 4713 cases born between 1987 and 2005 with International Classification of Diseases-diagnoses of childhood autism, Asperger syndrome, or pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), were ascertained from the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register. Four controls, individually matched on sex, date of birth, and place of birth, were selected from the Finnish Medical Birth Register for each case. Conditional logistic regression models were used to assess whether birth weight and gestational age information predicted ASD after controlling for maternal age, parity, smoking during pregnancy, and psychiatric history, as well as for infant's major congenital anomalies.

Results

Very low (<1500 g) and moderately low (<2500 g) birth weight, very low gestational age (less than 32 weeks), and SGA increased risk of childhood autism (adjusted OR 3.05, 95 % CI 1.4-6.5; 1.57, 1.1-2.3; 2.51, 1.3-5.0; and 1.72, 1.1-2.6, respectively). Very low and moderately low birth weight, very low gestational age, and SGA were also associated with increase in PDD risk (OR 3.44, 95 % CI 1.9-6.3; 1.81, 1.4-2.4; 2.46, 1.4-2.3; and 2.24, 1.7-3.0, respectively). No associations were found between the perinatal characteristics and Asperger syndrome. The increased risks persisted after controlling for selected potential confounders.

Conclusions

The finding that low birth weight, prematurity, and SGA were related to childhood autism and PDD but not to Asperger syndrome suggests that prenatal factors related to these exposures may differ for these ASD subtypes, which may have preventive implications.