Maternal Exposure to Intimate Partner Abuse before Birth Is Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Offspring

Autor/inn/en	Roberts, Andrea L.; Lyall, Kristen; Rich-Edwards, Janet W.; Ascherio, Alberto; Weisskopf, Marc G.
Titel	Maternal Exposure to Intimate Partner Abuse before Birth Is Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Offspring
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 20 (2016) 1, S.26-36 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361314566049
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Mothers; Family Violence; Antisocial Behavior; Sexual Abuse; Pregnancy; Risk; Children; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Mother; Mutter; Sexueller Missbrauch; Schwangerschaft; Risiko; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	We sought to determine whether maternal (a) physical harm from intimate partner abuse during pregnancy or (b) sexual, emotional, or physical abuse before birth increased risk of autism spectrum disorder. We calculated risk ratios for autism spectrum disorder associated with abuse in a population-based cohort of women and their children (54,512 controls, 451 cases). Physical harm from abuse during pregnancy was not associated with autism spectrum disorder. However, autism spectrum disorder risk was increased in children of women who reported fear of partner or sexual, emotional, or physical abuse in the 2?years before the birth year (abuse in the year before the birth year: risk ratio?=?1.58, 95% confidence interval?=?1.04, 2.40; abuse in both of the 2?years before the birth year: risk ratio?=?2.16, 95% confidence interval?=?1.33, 3.50). Within-family results were similar, although did not reach statistical significance. Association of intimate partner abuse before the child's birth year with autism spectrum disorder in the child was not accounted for by gestation length, birth weight, maternal smoking or alcohol consumption during pregnancy, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, or history of induced abortion. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01