Open AccessMortality of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Data from a Large-Scale Korean National Cohort
Author(s) -
Kyoung Nam Kim,
Seung Mi Yoo,
ShinSung Kang,
Hyun Joo Kim,
Jieun Yun,
Jin Yong Lee
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
yonsei medical journal (print)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1976-2437
pISSN - 0513-5796
DOI - 10.3349/ymj.2021.62.10.943
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , autism spectrum disorder , cohort , pediatrics , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , cohort study , autism , retrospective cohort study , demography , psychiatry , sociology
This study aimed to investigate the association between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis and mortality among children using the data from a large-scale national cohort of Korean infants and children. We also explored the association between hearing impairment detected during early infancy and mortality.