Health profiles of adults with autism spectrum disorder: Differences between women and men.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the hypothesis that women with autism have poorer health compared with men with autism, and compared with women without autism. Utilizing electronic health records drawn from a single health care system serving over 2 million individuals, 2119 adults with diagnosed autism spectrum disorders were compared with age- and sex-matched controls. When considering health care utilization, we found evidence of multiplicative risk for conditions within some domains (i.e., nutrition conditions, neurologic disease, psychiatric conditions, and sleep disorders) such that women with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experienced double jeopardy-meaning they had greater rates of health care utilization within a domain than what would separately be expected b

SUBMITTER: DaWalt LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8592037 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature