Table 4.
Odds of having at high risk of Autism among surveyed children according to the medical perinatal history problems and postnatal child problems
|
Perinatal and postnatal problemsa N = 41,640 |
All ASD (n = 1370) n(%) |
Boys (n = 879) n(%) |
Girls n = 491 n(%) |
COR (95% CI) All versus Healthy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal problems | ||||
| Disabled mothers (apparent disability) (n = 373) | 26 (7.0) | 12 (3.1) | 14 (3.9) |
7.77 (5.9–10.1)** |
| Mothers having any health problem during pregnancy (n = 2770) | 215 (7.8) | 140 (5.1) | 75 (2.7) |
2.75 (2.36–3.20) ** |
| Difficult labor (n = 6092) | 309 (5.1) | 195 (3.2) | 114 (1.9) |
1.74 (1.53–1.98) * |
| Perinatal problems | ||||
| Child suffer from any convulsions (n = 675) | 132 (19.6) | 89(13.2) | 43(6.4) |
7.80 (6.40–9.51) ** |
| Child suffer from cyanosis after birth (n = 546) | 91(16.7) | 55(10.1) | 36(6.6) |
6.23 (4.94–7.85) ** |
| Child suffer from meningitis (n = 378) | 49 (13) | 29(7.7) | 20(5.3) |
4.50 (3.32–6.12) ** |
| Twins (n = 1774) | 57 (3.2) | 39 (2.2) | 18(1.0) |
3.75 (3.18–4.41) ** |
| Child born less than 7 months (preterm delivery) (n = 413) | 41 (9.9) | 29 (7.0) | 12 (2.9) |
3.31 (2.39–4.59) ** |
| LBW (less than 2.5 kg at birth) (n = 1848) | 156 (8.4) | 94 (5.1) | 62(3.3) |
2.93 (2.46–3.49) * |
| Child kept in an incubator for more than two days (n = 3078) | 241 (7.8) | 150(4.9) | 91(2.9) |
2.82 (2.44–3.25) * |
| Child suffer from jaundice after birth (n = 11,028) | 524 (4.8) | 343(3.1) | 181(1.7) |
1.76 (1.57–1.96)* |
apercent was calculated out of rows
*p-value significant at < 0.05
**p-value highly sig at < 0.01