Table 1.
Comorbidities of the entire cohort by gender.
| Comorbidities | Total | Males | Females | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-ASD | ASD | Non-ASD | ASD | ||
| Developmental speech or language disorder | 1,481 | 849 | 169 | 425 | 38 |
| ADHD | 1,403 | 703 | 388 | 252 | 60 |
| Global delay (GD) | 1,294 | 481 | 331 | 370 | 112 |
| Behavioral/emotional | 870 | 522 | 84 | 243 | 21 |
| Intellectual disability (ID) | 521 | 162 | 204 | 108 | 47 |
| Fine motor difficulties | 365 | 238 | 47 | 77 | 3 |
| Communication | 341 | 138 | 127 | 43 | 33 |
| Hypotonia | 333 | 148 | 23 | 155 | 7 |
| Motor delay | 243 | 150 | 6 | 87 | 0 |
| Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) | 206 | 105 | 50 | 46 | 5 |
| Learning disability | 206 | 102 | 41 | 55 | 8 |
| Cerebral palsy (CP) | 201 | 90 | 10 | 92 | 9 |
| Motor impairment | 163 | 92 | 19 | 48 | 4 |
| Disorders of muscles/tendons (includes hypertonus, torticollis etc.) | 155 | 85 | 4 | 63 | 3 |
| Epilepsy | 152 | 66 | 34 | 36 | 16 |
| Feeding and eating disorders | 75 | 35 | 9 | 28 | 3 |
| Sensory motor integration difficulties | 75 | 47 | 8 | 18 | 2 |
| Anxiety | 63 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 5 |
| Sleep disorders | 54 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 2 |
| Stereotypic/involuntary movements | 46 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 3 |