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A new study has revealed that children are slightly more likely to develop autism if their mothers are diagnosed with diabetes during the early stages of pregnancy.
Doctors from Kaiser Permanente Southern California found those children were 40 percent more likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders than those whose moms didn’t have diabetes.
Youngsters whose mothers had pre–existing diabetes or developed it later in pregnancy faced no extra autism risk.
“Early prenatal care is vitally important for mothers. You want the mothers to come in not only to check for diabetes but also to be on their prenatal vitamins, those things that can have a positive impact on the developing fetus.”
The research is observational and suggests a link but isn’t proof of any cause and effect.
The study was published in Tuesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association.
Agencies/Canadajournal
