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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Nov;48(11):3871–3884. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3648-0

Table 2.

Comorbid Diagnoses and Sleep Medications

N = 42 N (%)

Comorbidities None 30(71.4)
Genetic Disorder/Condition 4(9.5)
ADHD 3(7.1)
Developmental Delay 3(7.1)
Seizure Disorder/Epilepsy 2(4.8)
Celiac Disease 2(4.8)
Speech Delay 2(4.8)
Cerebral Palsy 1(2.4)
Anxiety 1(2.4)
Multiple Comorbidities 4(9.5)
Sleep Medications None 29(69.0)
Melatonin 9(21.4)
Clonidine 2(4.8)
Other Sleep Medication 2(4.8)
Total Children Taking Sleep Medications 13(31.0)

Note. For children with multiple comorbidities, each diagnosis is also individually accounted for in the categories listed above.