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What Is the Male-to-Female Ratio in Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Objective To derive the first systematically calculated estimate of the relative proportion of boys and girls with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) through a meta-analysis of prevalence studies conducted since the introduction of the DSM-IV and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision.Method Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed. The Medline, Embase, and PsycINFO databases were searched, and study quality was rated using a risk-of-bias tool. Random-effects meta-analysis was used. The pooled outcome measurement was the male-to-female odds ratio (MFOR), namely the odds of being male in the group with ASD compared with the non-ASD group. In effect, this is the ASD male-to-female ratio, controlling for the male-to-female ratio among participants without ASD.Results Fifty-four studies were analyzed, with 13,784,284 participants, of whom 53,712 had ASD (43,972 boys and 9,740 girls). The overall pooled MFOR was 4.20 (95% CI 3.84-4.60), but there was very substantial between-study variability (I 2 = 90.9%). High-quality studies had a lower MFOR (3.32; 95% CI 2.88-3.84). Studies that screened the general population to identify participants regardless of whether they already had an ASD diagnosis showed a lower MFOR (3.25; 95% CI 2.93-3.62) than studies that only ascertained participants with a pre-existing ASD diagnosis (MFOR 4.56; 95% CI 4.10-5.07).Conclusion Of children meeting criteria for ASD, the true male-to-female ratio is not 4:1, as is often assumed; rather, it is closer to 3:1. There appears to be a diagnostic gender bias, meaning that girls who meet criteria for ASD are at disproportionate risk of not receiving a clinical diagnosis.
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“Neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), have an increased prevalence in males. Boys are approximately three times more likely to be diagnosed than girls [119].”
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“Epidemiological studies indicate that ASD is more common among males than females, with a ratio estimate from the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study revealing a ratio of 4:1 (Brugha et al. 2016; Loomes et al. 2017).”
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“Epidemiological administrative and community-based [Au:OK?YES] studies have suggested that ASD is more common in males than in females, with reported ratios [Au:OK to add 'with reported ratios' here?] ranging from 2.1 -5. 1, with an estimate of 4.1 in the 2010 [Au:OK?] Global Burden of Disease study 3,4 .”
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“A recent meta-analysis by Loomes et al (2017) estimated a male:female ratio of 3:1, and importantly found that this did not differ greatly by intellectual dis/ability.”
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“Historically, ASD has been thought of as a predominantly male disorder, with a recent review and meta-analysis suggesting a male:female ratio of 3:1 (Loomes et al. 2017).”
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“There are increasing concerns that autistic females are being missed, diagnosed later than males or misdiagnosed (Giarelli et al. 2010; Holtmann et al. 2007; Loomes et al. 2017; Shattuck et al. 2009).”
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“This result was consistent with a previous meta-analysis which showed that studies reporting registry and administrative prevalence produced a substantially higher sex ratio than studies relying on active case finding.27”
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“For the whole group of ASD, the obtained estimate is equal to the proportions found in the systematic review of the ASD prevalence performed by Zeidan et al. (18) and in the meta-analysis of Loomes et al. (93), focusing specifically on the male-to-female ratio.”
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“This meta-analysis illustrated a potential sex bias for receiving diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder”
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“We cannot, however, distinguish the female protective effect due to common or rare variants from diagnostic bias in the current study24,51.”
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“This difference was observed across a range of prevalence estimates (Fig. 7c and Supplementary Table 19) after downsampling the number of autistic males to match the number of autistic females (Supplementary Table 18) and varying the male:female ratio to 3.3:1 to account for diagnostic bias51 (Supplementary Table 18).”
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“Several social factors can influence diagnosis in a sex-differential manner”
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“to account for diagnostic bias that may inflate the ratio.”
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“Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is diagnosed three to four times more frequently in males than in females.1, 2, 3”
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“One well-known influence is diagnostic bias, which may occur for many reasons, including societal norms of behavior, bias in assessment tools, the sex of evaluators, misdiagnosis of female cases, better “masking” of autistic traits in females, and sex differences in internal and externalizing features of autism.3,33”
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“Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a behaviorally defined condition predominantly found in males [10, 19, 40, 49].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Loomes, R., Hull, L., & Mandy, W. P. L.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Venue
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-06
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 466-474
- ISSN
- 0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2604697269
- Cited by
- 2,804
- References
- 86
- Citations by year
- 2026: 371 · 2025: 334 · 2024: 398 · 2023: 355 · 2022: 357 · 2021: 366 · 2020: 331 · 2019: 177 · 2018: 91 · 2017: 19
- FWCI
- 18.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- discovery.ucl.ac.uk
- Locations
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, sex ratio, male-to-female ratio, prevalence, risk of bias
- MeSH terms
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Population Surveillance, Sex Factors
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