Mode of delivery, order of birth, parental age gap and autism spectrum disorder among Malaysian children: a case-control study

• Main Authors: Galvan, Jo Ann Andoy, Ramalingam, Prabhagari Nair, Patil, Sapna Shridhar, Shobri, Muhammad Aminul Syahmi, Chinna, Karuthan, Sahrir, Muhammad Sabri, Chidambaram, Kumarappan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Science Direct Ltd. 2020
• Subjects: L Education (General); R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/83513/1/83513_Mode%20of%20delivery%2C%20order%20of%20birth.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/83513/2/83513_Mode%20of%20delivery%2C%20order%20of%20birth_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/83513/; https://www.cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(20)31911-3.pdfttps://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S2405844020319113?token=FE6CAC64A9777B7CA7C7EF49A3EE560E40673645CFC51E576E0C2F209FEB9379D2BCDB5A3CD96B4D5B13E6FA16B534F6; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05068

Rising prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in the last decades has led research to focus on the diagnosis and identification of factors associated with ASD. This paper sought for possible factors that put children at risk for ASD. In this study, we investigated the association between ASD...