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Brief Report: Prevalence of Co-occurring Epilepsy and Autism Spectrum Disorder: The US National Survey of Children's Health 2011-2012
Journal of autism and developmental disorders, v 47(1), pp 224-229
01 Jan 2017
PMID: 27752862
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Abstract
Epilepsy is reported to co-occur in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous studies across the world have found prevalence estimates ranging from 4 to 38 %. We examined parent-reported prevalence of co-occurring epilepsy and ASD in the most recent U.S. National Survey of Children's Health, 2011-2012. All analyses accounted for survey weights to account for the complex sampling design. In the overall analytic sample of 85,248 children ages 2-17, there were 1604 children with ASD (prevalence of 1.8 %) and 1083 children with epilepsy (prevalence of 1.2 %). Epilepsy was reported to co-occur in 8.6 % of ASD cases. In children with ASD, the co-occurrence of epilepsy was associated with increasing child age, female gender, intellectual disability, speech problems and lower socioeconomic status.
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- Title
- Brief Report: Prevalence of Co-occurring Epilepsy and Autism Spectrum Disorder: The US National Survey of Children's Health 2011-2012
- Creators
- Shiny Thomas - Drexel UniversityMary E. Hovinga - Drexel UniversityDheeraj Rai - University of BristolBrian K. Lee - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of autism and developmental disorders, v 47(1), pp 224-229
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 6
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000392816700020
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84991666665
- Other Identifier
- 991019169350904721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Developmental