Fewer multiple births could reduce autism risk in ART children
Saturday, March 21, 2015 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
The incidence of diagnosed autism was twice as high for assisted reproductive technology (ART) as non-ART births among the nearly 6 million children in a recent study, born in California from 1997 through 2007. However, much of the association between ART and autism was explained by age and education of the mother as well as adverse perinatal outcomes, especially multiple births.