Low birth weight may increase autism risk, study finds

Friday, February 24, 2012 - 03:01 in Psychology & Sociology

 After studying 3,715 pairs of twins that include one twin with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a researcher learned that a weight difference of at least 15 percent or 400 grams made the smaller twin three times more likely to have an ASD.

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