title: Brief Report: Prevalence of Co-occurring Epilepsy and Autism Spectrum Disorder: The U.S. National Survey of Children's Health 2011-2012.
abstract: Epilepsy is reported to co-occur in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous studies across the world have found prevalence estimates ranging from 4 to 38 %. We examined parent-reported prevalence of co-occurring epilepsy and ASD in the most recent U.S. National Survey of Children's Health, 2011-2012. All analyses accounted for survey weights to account for the complex sampling design. In the overall analytic sample of 85,248 children ages 2-17, there were 1604 children with ASD (prevalence of 1.8 %) and 1083 children with epilepsy (prevalence of 1.2 %). Epilepsy was reported to co-occur in 8.6 % of ASD cases. In children with ASD, the co-occurrence of epilepsy was associated with increasing child age, female gender, intellectual disability, speech problems and lower socioeconomic status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA.|New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Shiny
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hovinga
authors.affiliation: Centre for Academic Mental Health, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.|Avon and Wiltshire Partnership NHS Mental Health Trust, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: Dheeraj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA. bklee@drexel.edu.|A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. bklee@drexel.edu.
authors.forename: Brian K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Autism; Comorbid; Epidemiology; Epilepsy