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. 2022 Mar 29;92(6):1795–1804. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02024-9

Table 6.

Age at diagnosis of intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders among children born with craniofacial anomalies.

Craniofacial anomalies and subtypes (n) Intellectual disability Autism spectrum disorder
n Age at diagnosis in years
median (IQR)
n Age at diagnosis in years
median (IQR)
Craniofacial anomalies (1415) 134 3.5 (1, 7) 11 4 (2, 5)
   Non-syndromic (878) 23 5 (4, 10) ≤5 4 (2, 10)
   Syndromic (543) 111 3 (1, 7) 8 4 (2.5, 4.5)
Contributing diagnosis
Orofacial clefts (1029) 89 3 (1, 7) 6 4 (3, 5)
   Non-syndromic (673) 18 5.5 (4, 8)
   Syndromic (361) 71 3 (1, 7) 6 4 (3, 5)
Craniosynostosis (303) 34 4 (2, 9) ≤5 4 (2, 4)
   Non-syndromic (201) ≤5 10 (3, 17) ≤5 4 (2, 10)
   Syndromic (101) 29 3.5 (1, 8) ≤5 2.5 (1, 4)
Craniofacial microsomia (76) 10 4.5 (3, 7)
Contributing syndromes
Crouzon syndrome (15) ≤5 9 (5.5, 12.5) 0
CFM (Goldenhar syndrome) (61) 9 4 (3, 7) 0
Pierre Robin sequence (106) 16 7 (2, 9.5) 0

CFM Craniofacial microsomia