Sentences with phrase «autism than in the general population»

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Such younger siblings have a 1 in 5 chance of developing autism — 14 times higher than children in the general population.

Cook adds that the short form of the gene is only one factor in the disorder, as it occurs in 16 % of the general population, while less than 0.1 % is afflicted with autism.

Then she learned that people with 22q duplication — abnormal repetition, or duplication, of genetic material in chromosome 22 — had learning delays and sometimes autism, but a lower risk for schizophrenia than that found in the general population.

Gastrointestinal problems in autism are more common than in the general population but are not present in every autistic person.

Wigler's own investigation, published in 2007, first showed these results — that people with autism had more spontaneous CNV mutations than were found in the general population.

It is also a sad fact that mortality is significantly increased in autism, with much higher death rates than in the general population.

Mothers of a child with autism were highly stressed and more likely to report poor or fair mental health than mothers in the general population, even after adjustment for the child's social skills and demographic background.