Lower Risk of Burn Injury in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
- 20 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Vol. 53 (2), 648-655
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04859-9
Abstract
Little research has examined burn injury in the pediatric population with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We used data from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database to identify 15,844 participants aged <18 years with ASD and 130,860 participants without ASD. Our results revealed that the hazard ratios differed across three age ranges. The ASD group had a lower risk of burn injury than the non-ASD group when they were less than 6 years of age, a higher risk from 6 years to 12 years of age, and no difference when they were older than 12 years of age. More research is required to study the characteristics and causes of burn injury in the pediatric population with ASD.Keywords
Funding Information
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CLRPG6G0042)
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