Intellectual disabilities and autism among children with congenital heart defects, Western Australia, 1983-2010.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) are at higher risk of developing an intellectual disability. However, severity of intellectual disabilities among this group of children are largely unknown. Our objective was to determine the risk of intellectual disability (ID), ID severity, and autism among children with CHDs.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of singleton live births in Western Australia (n = 20,592) between 1983 and 2010. Children with CHDs were identified from the Western Australian Register for Developmental Anomalies (n = 6563) and infants without CHDs were randomly selected from state birth records (n = 14,029). Children diagnosed with ID before 18 years were identified by linkage to statewide Intellectual Disability Exploring

SUBMITTER: Bircan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9985207 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature