Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles
Title
Linking Autism and Epilepsy
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Publication Title
Children's Health Care
ISSN
0273-9615
Volume
45
Issue/No.
1
First Page
84
Last Page
108
Abstract
The prevalence of autism in society makes research on its determinants and correlates particularly important. To rigorously quantify the strength of the connection between autism and three known comorbid conditions—epilepsy, allergies, and asthma—this article employs the child development survey, a large and nationally representative dataset. We find a persistent, statistically significant link between autism and epilepsy, and smaller correlations with allergies and asthma. This data provides a high level of statistical power that allows us to draw conclusions about a possible secular increase in autism. While the etiology of autism remains unclear, our results help clarify possible causative factors.
NSUWorks Citation
Neymotin, F., & Nemzer, L. R. (2016). Linking Autism and Epilepsy. Children's Health Care, 45, (1), 84 - 108. https://doi.org/10.1080/02739615.2014.979921. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_chemphys_facarticles/91
ORCID ID
0000-0003-4692-9539
DOI
10.1080/02739615.2014.979921
Comments
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