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Season of Birth Effects in Autism
Abstract
This study examined a sample of preschool-age children with autism in an attempt to identify patterns of birth dates that deviated from expected frequencies by month or season. Birth dates of children with autism and those of a non-autistic sibling control group were compared to the number of total live births gathered from U.S. Census data. Analyses included two types of chi-square analyses and a seasonal harmonic trend analysis. Previously unmentioned in the literature is a seasonal effect finding for females within the entire sample, and both a seasonal and monthly effect for children classified as socially Passive by the Wing system. A significant elevation was also found in March within the Boston sub-sample (n = 37). This sample largely comprised low-functioning boys with autism, a finding consistent with previous findings in the literature. Peri-natal complications and early life development of the subjects from the Boston site are detailed.
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“March birth as a risk factor for autism has also been reported by several studies from Canada [92], Denmark [80,88], the US [85] and Israel [87].”
From Vitamin D and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Literature Review (2016) · cites this paper as [85]
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“This reflects a trend similar to the Konstantreas et al. (1986) [92] and Stevens et al. (2000) [85] findings of a more pronounced seasonal effect on low functioning and or nonverbal autism.”
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“Interestingly, some studies did not find a season/month of birth effect on aggregated samples but reported seasonal deviations from the general population in autism with comorbidities such as language and developmental delay [84,85].”
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“Not all studies showed an association between season of birth and risk of autism [64,77,79,81,83,84,85,86].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Stevens, M. C., Fein, D., & Waterhouse, L. H.
- Affiliations
- UConn Health (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2000-06
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 399-407
- ISSN
- 0165-0475 (ISSN-L)
- 1380-3395
- 1744-411X
- OpenAlex
- W2119051527
- Cited by
- 58
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 0.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, season of birth, birth date, preschool children, seasonal effects, monthly effect, low-functioning autism, sex differences, social passivity, pregnancy complications, early life development
- MeSH terms
- Autistic Disorder, Boston, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Labor, Obstetric, Male, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, Seasons, United States, Chi-Square Distribution, Case-Control Studies, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution
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