Prevalence and cumulative incidence of autism spectrum disorders and the patterns of co-occurring neurodevelopmental disorders in a total population sample of 5-year-old children

Saito, Manabu; Hirota, Tomoya; Sakamoto, Yui; Adachi, Masaki; Takahashi, Michio; Osato-Kaneda, Ayako; Kim, Young Shin; Leventhal, Bennett; Shui, Amy; Kato, Sumi; Nakamura, Kazuhiko

doi:10.1186/s13229-020-00342-5

Prevalence and cumulative incidence of autism spectrum disorders and the patterns of co-occurring neurodevelopmental disorders in a total population sample of 5-year-old children

Backgrounds Whether there is a true increase in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) frequency or not remains unclear. Additionally, the rates of co-existing neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) in a total population sample has not been fully examined before. Therefore, using a total population sample in…