Risk of physical health comorbidities in autistic adults: clinical nested cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical health conditions are more common in individuals with autism. Some, like epilepsy, have considerable evidence supporting their increased prevalence, but many diseases lack literature to make strong conclusions.

Aims

To investigate the prevalence of physical health comorbidities in autism.

Method

We undertook a nested cross-sectional study, using a sample from the National Centre for Mental Health database. It included participants from England and Wales who reported a clinician-made diagnosis of autism (n = 813), and a control sample without autism or mental illness (n = 2781). Participants had provided a medical history at enrolment. Analysis was carried out by binomial logistic regressions controlling for age, gender, smoking status

SUBMITTER: Hunt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11698207 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature