May 28, 2011

Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity Linked to Autism

WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD

May 11, 2011 (San Diego) -- Women who have diabetes, high blood pressure, or are obese before pregnancy are more likely to have a child with autism, according to new research.

'For mothers with at least one of these conditions, there was a 60% increased risk for autism in the offspring,' says Irva Hertz-Picciotto, PhD, an autism researcher at the University of California, Davis MIND Institute."

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