News Report | July 29, 2018
Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder Have Higher Lifetime Risk Of Other Health Problems
Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have a higher lifetime prevalence of other health problems, including cardiovascular, urinary, respiratory, digestive, and motor problems. Those with ASD had higher rates on almost all of the top 50 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD)-9 codes, supplementary classification of factors influencing health status and contact with health services (V-codes), and International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), as well as supplementary factors describing the external causes of injuries and poisonings (E-codes).
These findings were reported in "Using machine learning to identify patterns . . .