Autism spectrum disorder: Cadmium and mercury concentrations in different biological samples, a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of human studies.

ABSTRACT: The present study was conducted to investigate the differences in cadmium (Cd) and mercury (Hg) concentrations between children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and controls. In this systematic review and meta-analysis study, three thousand one hundred forty-five studies were collected from scientific databases including Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar from January 2000 to October 2022 and were investigated for eligibility. As a result, 37 studies published in the period from 2003 to 2022 met our inclusion criteria and were considered in the meta-analysis. The heterogeneity assumption was evaluated using the Chi-squared-based Q-test and I-squared (I²) statistics. The pooled estimates were shown in the forest plots with Hedges' g (95% confidence interval) va

SUBMITTER: Ramazani Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10944282 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature