Evaluation of Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep and Iron Status in Children With Autism.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Recent data suggest that both disordered sleep and low serum iron occur more frequently in children with autism compared with children with typical development. Iron deficiency has been linked to specific sleep disorders. The goal of the current study was to evaluate periodic limb movements in sleep and iron status in a group of children with autism compared with typically developing children and children with nonautism developmental delay to determine if iron status correlated with polysomnographic measures of latency and continuity and periodic limb movements in sleep.

Methods

A total of 102 children (68 with autism, 18 typically developing, 16 with developmental delay) aged 2 to 7 years underwent a one-night modified polysomnography study and phlebotomy at the N

SUBMITTER: Lane R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4610130 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature