No link between preterm birth and autism, new study says

welcome back talking Health news now a new study is debunking a popular belief that pre-term birth is linked to autism Dr Malik Marshall is here with us and doct according to the March of Dimes one in 10 babies in the US is born prematurely that's right we're talking about less than 37 weeks gestation and according to the CDC one in 36 children in this country is diagnosed with autism which is also called autism spectrum disorder now data have been conflicting on whether babies born prematurely

are at higher risk of ISM but a new study says prematurity alone is not to blame researchers in Israel looked at nearly 115,000 deliveries over 12 years and found that after adjusting for factors that could be associated with autism such as ethnicity being small for gestational age the age of the mother and the infant's gender there was no significant association between pre-term delivery and autism they say that there are multiple factors that are likely at play in autism and not simply pre-ter

m birth alone yeah Comfort to expectant parents absolutely yeah finding that all right