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. 2018 Aug;48(8):2663-2676.
doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3521-1.

Prevalence of Co-occurring Medical and Behavioral Conditions/Symptoms Among 4- and 8-Year-Old Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Selected Areas of the United States in 2010

G N Soke  1   2 , M J Maenner  3 , D Christensen  3 , M Kurzius-Spencer  4 , L A Schieve  3
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Prevalence of Co-occurring Medical and Behavioral Conditions/Symptoms Among 4- and 8-Year-Old Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Selected Areas of the United States in 2010

G N Soke et al. J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Aug.

Abstract

We compared the prevalence of various medical and behavioral co-occurring conditions/symptoms between 4- and 8-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from five sites in the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network during the 2010 survey year, accounting for sociodemographic differences. Over 95% of children had at least one co-occurring condition/symptom. Overall, the prevalence was higher in 8- than 4-year-olds for 67% of co-occurring conditions/symptoms examined. Further, our data suggested that co-occurring conditions/symptoms increased or decreased the age at which children were first evaluated for ASD. Similarly, among the 8-year-olds, the prevalence of most co-occurring conditions/symptoms was higher in children with a previous ASD diagnosis documented in their records. These findings are informative for understanding and screening co-occurring conditions/symptoms in ASD.

Keywords: Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Co-occurring conditions; Comorbid conditions; Prevalence.

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Conflict of interest All authors do not have a conflict of interest to report.

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Proportion of children with co-occurring conditions in 4 and 8-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder in the Early ADDM Network during the 2010 survey year
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