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. 2021 Sep 17;7(38):eabf2073. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abf2073

Fig. 10. Prevalence of hospitalizations due to infections in early childhood predicts the development of ASD in humans.

Fig. 10.

(A) Probability of contracting an infection associated with hospitalization for male children over time. (B) Probability of contracting an infection for female children requiring hospitalization over time. (A and B) Before 1.5 years of age, infections associated with hospitalization are more prevalent in the control group, and after that, they are more prevalent in the group that, at a future time, are diagnosed with ASD. Infections associated with hospitalization significantly differentiate two population in males (A) but not in females (B): the control population (children who do not get ASD at a future time) and a population of children who, at some point in future, are diagnosed with ASD. The number of individuals in (A) was 200,552 (male). The number of individuals in (B) was 48,576 (female).