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. 2025 Feb;45(2):262-264.
doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-01942-2. Epub 2024 Mar 29.

Neonatal autonomic regulation as a predictor of autism symptoms in very preterm infants

Jessica Bradshaw  1   2 , Christian O'Reilly  3   4   5 , Kayla C Everhart  6 , Elizabeth Dixon  7   3 , Amy Vinyard  7 , Abbas Tavakoli  6 , Robin B Dail  3   6
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Neonatal autonomic regulation as a predictor of autism symptoms in very preterm infants

Jessica Bradshaw et al. J Perinatol. 2025 Feb.
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Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. Ethical approval: Study procedures were approved by the hospital (Prisma Health Institutional Review Board) and university (University of South Carolina Institutional Review Board). Informed consent was completed with the infant’s mother prior to any study procedures. This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.

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Fig. 1. Association between neonatal abnormal heart rate characteristics (HRCs) and 1-year ASD symptoms.
Higher scores indicate more HRC abnormality and more ASD symptoms. A Ridgeline plot displaying the distribution of neonatal abnormal HRCs (HeRO scores) across participant ASD symptoms (SORF total score) at 1 year. B Scatterplot and associated regression between neonatal abnormal HRCs (HeRO scores) across 1-year ASD symptoms (SORF total score).
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