Positive Autism Screening Rates in Toddlers Born During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Firestein M, Manessis A, Warmingham J, Xu R, Hu Y, Finkel M, Kyle M, Hussain M, Ahmed I, Lavallée A, Solis A, Chaves V, Rodriguez C, Goldman S, Muhle R, Lee S, Austin J, Silver W, O’Reilly K, Bain J, Penn A, Veenstra-VanderWeele J, Stockwell M, Fifer W, Marsh R, Monk C, Shuffrey L, Dumitriu D. Positive Autism Screening Rates in Toddlers Born During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2435005. PMID: 39312236, PMCID: PMC11420691, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsCOVID-19 Mother Baby OutcomesM-CHAT-RScreening ratesPandemic exposureMaternal SARS-CoV-2 infectionCohort studyColumbia University Irving Medical CenterMaternal SARS-CoV-2 statusLogistic regression modelsPrenatal exposureSARS-CoV-2 infectionHealth recordsProspective longitudinal studyModified checklistMain OutcomesClinical careBaby outcomeSARS-CoV-2 statusNew York CityPrimary outcomeScreen-positiveMedical CenterPrimary analysisGroup of children