@article{cfa3c9df26184417b67bd22134deaa79,
title = "Prevalence of Co-occurring Medical and Behavioral Conditions/Symptoms Among 4- and 8-Year-Old Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Selected Areas of the United States in 2010",
abstract = "We compared the prevalence of various medical and behavioral co-occurring conditions/symptoms between 4- and 8-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from five sites in the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network during the 2010 survey year, accounting for sociodemographic differences. Over 95% of children had at least one co-occurring condition/symptom. Overall, the prevalence was higher in 8- than 4-year-olds for 67% of co-occurring conditions/symptoms examined. Further, our data suggested that co-occurring conditions/symptoms increased or decreased the age at which children were first evaluated for ASD. Similarly, among the 8-year-olds, the prevalence of most co-occurring conditions/symptoms was higher in children with a previous ASD diagnosis documented in their records. These findings are informative for understanding and screening co-occurring conditions/symptoms in ASD.",
keywords = "Autism, Autism spectrum disorder, Co-occurring conditions, Comorbid conditions, Prevalence",
author = "Soke, {G. N.} and Maenner, {M. J.} and D. Christensen and M. Kurzius-Spencer and Schieve, {L. A.}",
note = "Funding Information: We acknowledge CDC ADDM project personnel, ADDM projects coordinators, clinician reviewers, abstractors, data managers, and ADDM investigators at each site who contributed to the ADDM surveillance project and data collection. GNS conceptualized the original study, analyzed and interpreted the data, wrote the first manuscript of the article, and approved the final version of the article. MJM, DC, MKS and LAS provided feed-back on the design of the study, interpreted the data, reviewed the different versions of the manuscript, and approved the final version of the manuscript. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All authors do not have a conflict of interest to report. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply.",
year = "2018",
month = aug,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s10803-018-3521-1",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "48",
pages = "2663--2676",
journal = "Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders",
issn = "0162-3257",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "8",
}