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   Study links diabetes in pregnancy to higher autism risk   
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   AFP Apr 14, 2015 11:49 AM   
   Miami (AFP) - When pregnant women develop gestational diabetes early in   
   pregnancy, their children may face a higher risk of developing autism,   
   researchers said Tuesday.   
      
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   While the findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)   
   does not prove that diabetes in pregnancy causes autism, researchers said   
   their findings highlight a link that deserves further study.   
      
   Autism is a developmental disorder that affects as many as one in 68 children   
   in the United States, and its causes remain poorly understood.   
      
   Gestational diabetes affects nearly one in 10 women, and is a high blood sugar   
   condition that arises while in pregnant women who did not previously have   
   diabetes.   
      
   The study spanned the electronic health records of more than 322,000 children   
   born between 28 and 44 weeks at Kaiser Permanente Southern California medical   
   centers between 1995 and 2009.   
      
   The children were followed for an average of five and a half years after birth.   
      
   Women who developed gestational diabetes by the 26th week of pregnancy had a   
   63 percent higher risk of having offspring with autism than children whose   
   mothers did not have gestational diabetes.   
      
   After accounting for factors such as maternal age, education, race and   
   ethnicity and household income, the increased risk of autism associated with   
   gestational diabetes was 42 percent.   
      
   There was no higher risk of autism in women who developed gestational diabetes   
   later than the 26th week of pregnancy.   
      
   "The exposure of fetuses to maternal hyperglycemia may have long-lasting   
   effects on organ development and function, but whether this can disrupt fetal   
   brain development and heighten risk for neurobehavioral developmental   
   disorders in offspring is less    
   clear," said lead author Anny Xiang of the Kaiser Permanente Southern   
   California Department of Research and Evaluation.   
      
   "Future studies should address whether early diagnosis and treatment of   
   gestational diabetes can reduce the risk of autism."   
      
      
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