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Autism News
, 04 03rd, 2008
A study released Wednesday in conjunction with World Autism Day suggests that premature babies are at greater risk of being diagnosed with autism.
The study looked at 91 babies with an average gestation time of 26 weeks. Researchers in Montreal and Boston performed standard development tests on the babies between the ages of 18 and 24 months.
Of the 91 babies tested, 25 per cent had a positive result on an autism screening test. Researchers say they don’t know what proportion of these high risk children will go on to develop autism and are currently performing more confirmatory tests. Results will be released in 6-9 months.
Babies were at higher risk of scoring positive on the autism screening test if they had been more ill at birth, if they were male, or had a lower birth weight or gestational age at birth and if the mother had a prenatal infection.
“The results suggest the more premature the infant and the greater the complications at birth, the greater the likelihood they will follow up with a positive score for autism,” the study’s lead author, Catherine Limperopoulos of McGill University, told CTV’s Avis Favaro.
“Even more troubling, among preemies who had bleeding in a part of the brain known as the cerebellum, 100% – all of them – developed signs of autism.”
The study, entitled “Positive Screening for Autism in Ex-Preterm Infants: Prevalence in Risk Factors,” was published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics.
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