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. 2023 Apr 21;14:17. doi: 10.1186/s13229-023-00548-3

Table 4.

The co-occurrence rates and proband-wise cross-concordances for physical health conditions in autism and ADHD

Physical health conditions Affected probands who also have physical health conditions Proportion of co-twins with physical health conditions
Clinical diagnosis Subclinical phenotype Clinical diagnosis Subclinical phenotype
MZ DZ MZ DZ
% 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI
Autism
Neurological disorders
 Epilepsy 8.5 5.5, 11.5 4.8 3.1, 7.3 4.2 0.6, 7.9 4.3 1.5, 7.0 1.6 0.2, 3.0 2.3 1.0, 3.6
Immunological disorders
 Asthma 20.4 15.6, 25.1 21.6 17.8, 25.6 19.5 11.1, 27.8 22.3 16.4, 28.1 16.6 11.7, 21.5 16.5 13.0, 20.0
 Coeliac disease 2.4 0.6, 4.3 1.5 0.7, 3.2 0.8 0, 2.5 2.4 0, 4.8 0.7 0, 1.6 1.2 0.1, 2.4
Gastrointestinal disorders
 Constipation 11.6 8.0, 15.1 13.8 10.8, 17.5 11.0 4.8, 17.2 8.1 4.4, 11.7 10.1 6.5, 13.7 10.9 8.2, 13.7
 Functional diarrhea 3.0 1.2, 4.9 1.3 0.5, 2.9 2.5 0, 5.4 1.9 0.1, 3.7 2.0 0.4, 3.5 1.0 0.1, 1.9
 Mixed FGIDs 14.3 10.4, 18.2 14.3 11.2, 18.1 13.6 7.0, 21.2 9.5 5.4, 13.5 11.1 7.3, 14.8 11.5 8.7, 14.3
ADHD
Neurological disorders
 Epilepsy 3.9 2.6, 5.2 3.1 2.3, 4.3 3.1 1.3, 4.9 2.8 1.4, 4.2 2.2 1.2, 3.2 1.9 1.1, 2.6
 Migraine 3.4 2.2, 4.5 1.9 1.3, 2.9 2.0 0.5, 3.4 3.7 2.1, 5.3 1.6 0.7, 2.4 2.0 1.2, 2.7
 Mixed headache 4.2 2.9, 5.6 2.5 1.8, 3.6 3.4 1.2, 5.5 4.1 2.4, 5.7 2.1 1.1, 3.1 2.7 1.8, 3.5
Immunological disorders
 Asthma 20.7 17.8, 23.6 19.1 17.0, 21.5 20.7 15.9, 25.6 20.6 17.4, 24.2 16.7 13.8, 19.5 16.9 14.9, 19.0
Gastrointestinal disorders
 Constipation 10.7 8.7, 12.8 10.2 8.6, 12.1 8.7 5.5, 11.9 10.2 7.7, 12.7 7.1 5.3, 8.9 8.7 7.3, 10.2
 Mixed FGIDs 11.8 9.7, 14.0 10.9 9.2, 12.8 10.6 7.2, 14.1 11.2 8.5, 13.8 8.3 6.4, 10.2 9.5 8.0, 11.0

The physical health conditions in this study did not include the data from primary care health services

ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; DZ, dizygotic twins; FGIDs, functional gastrointestinal disorders; MZ, monozygotic twins

Bold values: Higher MZ than DZ estimates