Researchers found a strong link between treatments to expedite labor and males who had autism; for females, less so. Male infants born in deliveries in which labor was both induced and augmented were 35% more likely to have autism than those whose mother did not have either of these treatments. For induction alone, risk was elevated 18%. For augmentation alone, risk went up 15%. The risk to females was not significantly elevated when labor was both induced and augmented, or induced alone. The likelihood of autism went up with augmentation alone, 21%
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:24:14 +0000
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