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Timing of the Diagnoses of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Taiwan

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ADHD comorbidity has been associated with delayed diagnosis of ASD, but no study has investigated this association in an Asian country. Children with ASD were included and divided into three groups: ADHD before ASD, ADHD same/after ASD, and ASD only. Timing of ASD and ADHD diagnoses were assessed. The logistic regression model was performed to investigate the likelihood of being diagnosed with ASD after 6 years of age between three groups. ADHD before ASD (OR 10.93) group was more likely to being diagnosed with ASD after 6 years of age compared with ADHD same/after ASD (OR: 1.37) and ASD only groups. ADHD comorbidity would delay the diagnosis of ASD in the general clinical settings in Taiwan.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Mr I-Fan Hu for his friendship and support.

Funding

The study was supported by Grant from Taipei Veterans General Hospital (V103E10-001, V104E10-002, V105E10-001-MY2-1, V105A-049, V106B-020, V107B-010, V107C-181). The funding source had no role in any process of our study.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Shih-Pai Road, Sec. 2, 11217, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ju-Wei Hsu, Kai-Lin Huang, Ya-Mei Bai, Tung-Ping Su, Cheng-Ta Li, Wei-Chen Lin, Shih-Jen Tsai & Mu-Hong Chen

  2. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Han-Ting Wei, Ju-Wei Hsu, Kai-Lin Huang, Ya-Mei Bai, Tung-Ping Su, Cheng-Ta Li, Wei-Chen Lin, Shih-Jen Tsai & Mu-Hong Chen

  3. Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    Tzeng-Ji Chen

  4. Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Tzeng-Ji Chen

  5. School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Tai-Long Pan

  6. Research Center for Industry of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Tai-Long Pan

  7. Liver Research Center, Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Tai-Long Pan

  8. Branch of Linsen, Chinese Medicine, and Kunming, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    Han-Ting Wei

  9. Department of Psychiatry, General Cheng Hsin Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    Tung-Ping Su

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HTW, JWH, and MHC designed the study, performed the analysis, wrote the protocol and manuscripts; KLH, YMB, TPS, CTL, WCL, SJT, and TLP assisted with the preparation and proof-reading of the manuscript; YMB, TJC, and MHC provided the advices on statistical analysis.

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This study was based on Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. Individual medical records included in the NHIRD are anonymous to protect personal privacy. Taipei Veterans General Hospital Institutional Review Board permitted this study.

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Wei, HT., Hsu, JW., Huang, KL. et al. Timing of the Diagnoses of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Taiwan. J Autism Dev Disord 51, 790–797 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3655-1

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