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. 2021 Dec 24;13:62. doi: 10.1186/s11689-021-09402-0

Correction to: The prevalence and profile of autism in individuals born preterm: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Catherine Laverty 1,, Andrew Surtees 1,2, Rory O’Sullivan 3, Daniel Sutherland 1, Christopher Jones 1, Caroline Richards 1
PMCID: PMC8903582  PMID: 34952567

Correction to: J Neurodev Disord 13, 41 (2021) 10.1186/s11689-021-09382-1

In the original publication of this article [1] the following data points were missing from Table 1 (pages 6 & 7) due to a word processing error.

  1. Mir et al., 2020 – Quality weightings of ‘Autism - 2’ ‘Sample Identification - 1’ ‘Design - 2’.

  2. Vermeirsch et al., 2020 - Quality weightings of ‘Autism - 2’ ‘Sample Identification - 1’ ‘Design.

Table 3.

Sample characteristics and quality criteria for included papers

Author Location Gestational age of sample Diagnostic tools used Sample Size No. preterm individuals scored over the autism threshold Quality Criteria
Autism Sample Identification Design
Abolfotouh et al, 2018 [26] Saudi Arabia 22-23wks (10) Denver developmental screening test 63

4

(Hyperactive autistic)

1 1 3
24-25wks (43)
26-28wks (52)
29-30wks (12)
Al-Hathlol et al., 2020 [27] Saudi Arabia < 32 weeks or < 1500 g Unspecified questionnaire 158 3 1 1 2
Atladottir et al, 2016 [28] Denmark 24–43 weeks Diagnosis was retrieved from the Danish Psychiatric Central Register 82,911 1203 1 3 2
Bakian et al, 2018 [29] Utah < 37 weeks Registry of Autism and Developmental Disabilities 4855

112

(ASD)

1 2 2
Boone et al, 2018 [30] Columbus < 30 weeks PDDST-II-DCS 528 190 3 2 3
ADOS-2 555

24

(ASD)

Bröring et al, 2018 [31] Amsterdam Very preterm (30.2 mean) SRS, Children’s Communication Checklist, SCQ 57 0 1 1 3
Brumbaugh et al., 2020 [32] Minnesota < 37 weeks Medical and educational records 7876 266 1 3 3
Chen et al., 2020 [33] Taiwan < 32 weeks or < 1500 g ADOS and ADI-R 324 30 3 2 3
De Groote et al, 2006 [34] Belgium < 37 weeks Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Generic 25

2

(Autism)

2 1 3
De Oliveira Holanda et al., 2020 [35] Brazil < 37 weeks MCHAT 40 20 1 1 3
Dudova et al, 2014 [36] Prague NR M-CHAT 157 28 3 2 3
ADOS 33 15
Gray et al, 2015 [37] Brisbane very preterm MCHAT, The CBCL & DASS 97

13

(Autism)

1 1 3
Guy et al, 2015 [23] East Midlands 32–36 weeks MCHAT & follow up phone interview 634 92 1 2 3
Hack et al, 2009 [38] America 26 weeks Parent Child Symptom Inventory 219 8 1 1 2
Harel-Gadassi et al., 2018 [39] Jerusalem, Israel 31.16 (mean) M-CHAT 93 25 3 1 3
ADOS-T 101 8
Hubert et al., 2020 [40] Poland GA Mean 27.8 Childhood autism spectrum test 89 5 1 1 3
Hvidtjorn et al., 2011 [41] Denmark < 37 Public child mental health service 37,283 277 1 2 3
Hwang et al, 2013 [42] Taiwan Late preterm = 1078, Later preterm = 28,947, Full-term = 1,104,071 Coded by doctors based on ICD-9-CM Early preterm = 1078, Later preterm = 28,947 Early preterm = 24, Later preterm = 387 1 2 3
Ikejiri et al, 2016 [43] Juntendo > 33 Weeks DSM-4-TR 59

9

(ASD)

1 1 3
Indredavik et al., 2004 [44] Norway GA mean: 28.8 Interviewed and conclusions drawn according to DSM 56 1 1 2 3
Johnson et al, 2010 [45] UK & Ireland < 26 SCQ 189 29 (ASD) 1 3 3
Johnson et al, 2018 [24] England 32 wks = 38 MCHAT 638 92 1 2 3
Joo et al., 2015 [46] Korea 24–36 CARS 58 1 2 2 3
Kihara et al., 2015 [47] Japan GA mean: 27.4 Clinical assessments & DSM criteria 321 35 1 2 3
Klimek et al., 2018 [48] Poland 28 weeks (Mean) The Childhood Autism Spectrum Test 86 5 1 1 3
Kuban et al 2009 [49] US before 28 weeks gestation MCHAT 988 212 1 2 3
Kuzniewicz et al, 2014 [50] California <  24 weeks ASD evaluation centre 15,696 280 3 2 3
Laerum et al., 2019 [51] Norway 28.9 weeks (mean) Autism Spectrum Quotient 59 21 1 1 3
Lean et al., 2020 [52] USA < 30 weeks ADOS & Parent report 85 11 3 1 3
Leavey et al, 2013 [53] California Diagnostic codes 33,121 213 1 2 2
Lederman et al, 2018 [54] São Paulo, Brazil 29.5 (mean) M-CHAT & Autism Behaviour Checklist 60 4 3 1 3
Limperopoulos, et al, 2008 [15] Boston NR MCHAT 91 23 1 1 3
Matheis et al, 2018 [55] Louisiana < 37 Weeks BISCUIT Part 1 687 213 1 2 2
Mir et al., 2020 [56] Texas <  28 weeks MCHAT 218 31
ADOS & CARS 218 16
Mohammed et al., 2016 [57] Saudi Arabia GA 27–33 Clinical assessments & DSM 107 5 1 1 3
Moore et al, 2012 [25] England NR MCHAT 523

216

(Positive result on the MCHAT Autism)

1 3 3
Nagai et al., 2020 [58] Japan VLBW < 1500 DSM-5 and ADOS 38 10 3 1 3
Persson et al., 2020 [59] Norway < 37 weeks Medical records 165,845 3544 1 3 2
Pineda et al., 2014 [60] USA < 30 weeks MCHAT 77 19 1 2 2
Pinto-Martin et al., 2011 [21] New Jersey GA mean:31.2 ADI-R/ADOS 623 14 2 2 3
SCQ 623 117
Pritchard et al, 2016 [61] Australia < 29 Weeks ADOS-G 15 3 2 1 3
M-CHAT 169 22
Rand., et al. 2016 [62] New Zealand < 32 DAWBA 102 3 1 2 3
Rutkowska, et al, 2018 [63] Poland < 28 Weeks

Screening Tool for Autism in Toddlers &

Young Children

10 4 1 1 1
Sharp et al., 2018 [64] Australia 22–24 wks Multidisciplinary team assessment 159 9 1 1 2
Stephens et al, 2012 [65]

NICHD Neonatal

Research Network

< 27 weeks PDDST-II & adapted items from the ADOS 554 Positive screen - 113 2 2 3
Sumanasena et al., 2018 [66] Sri Lanka < 34 DSM Criteria 39 3 1 2 3
Treyvaud et al, 2013 [14] Melbourne Australia, < 30 weeks DAWBA 177`

8

(ASD)

1 1 3
Twilhaar et al., 2019 [67] Amsterdam, Netherlands 29.2 weeks (mean) Social Responsiveness Scale 60 18 1 1 3
Verhaeghe et al, 2016 [68] Belgium Before 27 weeks SRS 47 21 3 2 3
ADOS, and The ADI-R 43 14
Vermeirsch et al., 2020 [69] Belgium <  30 weeks SRS 55 22 2 1 3
ADOS, ADI-R & clinical information 55 7
Yaari, et al, 2016 [70] Israel 24–34 weeks The AOSI and ADOS-T 99 High ASD risk – 8, Low ASD risk - 91
Yang et al., 2015 [71] Taiwan Mean BW 1200 g Diagnostic tools, observations and parental reports 61 2 1 2 3
You et al., 2019 [72] China 35.5 weeks (mean) M-CHAT 102 9 1 2 3

The correct Table 1 is shown in the next pages. Two author’s affiliations have been amended to be ‘School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK’. The original article has been corrected.

Reference

  • 1.Laverty C, Surtees A, O’Sullivan R, Sutherland D, Jones C, Richards C. The prevalence and profile of autism in individuals born preterm: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurodev Disord. 2021;13(1):1–12. doi: 10.1186/s11689-021-09382-1. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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