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| Title |
Symptom severity in autism spectrum disorder is related to the frequency and severity of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: a retrospective case-control study
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| Published in |
Molecular Autism, June 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13229-018-0223-7 |
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| Authors |
Andrew J. O. Whitehouse, Gail A. Alvares, Dominique Cleary, Alexis Harun, Angela Stojanoska, Lauren J. Taylor, Kandice J. Varcin, Murray Maybery |
| Abstract |
Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP) is thought to be caused by changes in maternal hormones during pregnancy. Differences in hormone exposure during prenatal life have been implicated in the causal pathways for some cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, no study has investigated whether the presence and severity of NVP may be related to symptom severity in offspring with ASD. A large sample of children with ASD (227 males and 60 females, aged 2 to 18 years) received a clinical assessment, during which parents completed questionnaires regarding their child's social (Social Responsiveness Scale, SRS) and communication (Children's Communication Checklist-2nd edition, CCC-2) symptoms. Parents also reported on a 5-point scale the frequency and severity of NVPs during the pregnancy of the child being assessed: (1) no NVP during the pregnancy, (2) occasional nausea, but no vomiting, (3) daily nausea, but no vomiting, (4) occasional vomiting, with or without nausea, and (5) daily nausea and vomiting. Impairments in social responsiveness in offspring, as indexed by SRS total score, significantly increased as a function of the frequency and severity of their mothers' NVP, as did the level of language difficulties as indexed by the Global Communication Composite of the CCC-2. The strong, positive association between increasing frequency and severity of NVP and ASD severity in offspring provides further evidence that exposure to an atypical hormonal environment during prenatal life may affect neurodevelopment and contribute to the ASD phenotype. Given that the measure of NVP symptoms in the current study was based on retrospective recall, replication of this finding is required before strong conclusions can be drawn. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2 | 13% |
| Australia | 2 | 13% |
| Spain | 2 | 13% |
| Mexico | 2 | 13% |
| Chile | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 4 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 75% |
| Scientists | 4 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 67 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 67 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 13 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 25 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 14 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 15% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 29 | 43% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 October 2022.
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