Trends in Documented Co-occurring Conditions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2002-2010

Overview

Journal Res Dev Disabil

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2018 Sep 19

PMID 30227350

Citations 16

Authors

Eric Rubenstein

Laura Schieve

Lisa Wiggins

Catherine Rice

Kim Van Naarden Braun

Deborah Christensen

Maureen Durkin

Julie Daniels

Li-Ching Lee

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Abstract

Background: Autism spectrumdisorder (ASD) commonly presents with co-occurring medical conditions (CoCs). Little is known about patterns in CoCs in a time of rising ASD prevalence.

Aims: To describe trends in number and type of documented CoCs in 8-year-old children with ASD.

Methods: We used Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network (ADDM) data, a multi-source active surveillance system monitoring ASD prevalence among 8-year-old children across the US. Data from surveillance years 2002, 2006, 2008, and 2010 were used to describe trends in count, categories, and individual CoCs.

Results: Mean number of CoCs increased from 0.94 CoCs in 2002 to 1.06 CoCs in 2010 (p < 0.001). The percentage of children with ASD with any CoC increased from 44.5% to 56.4% (p < 0.001). CoCs with the greatest increases were in general developmental disability (10.4% to 14.5%), language disorder (18.9% to 23.6%), and motor developmental disability (10.5% to 15.6%). Sex modified the relationship between developmental (P = 0.02) and psychiatric (P < 0.001) CoCs and surveillance year. Race/ethnicity modified the relationship between neurological conditions (P = 0.04) and surveillance year.

Conclusions: The increase in the percentage of children with ASD and CoCs may suggest the ASD phenotype has changed over time or clinicians are more likely to diagnose CoCs.

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