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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Age of Diagnosis and Demographic Factors Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Chinese Children: A Multi-Center Survey

Dan Long1 Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Nutrition and Health, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center of Child Health and Disorders, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-6226View further author information
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Ting Yang1 Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Nutrition and Health, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center of Child Health and Disorders, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Jie Chen1 Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Nutrition and Health, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center of Child Health and Disorders, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Ying Dai1 Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Nutrition and Health, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center of Child Health and Disorders, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Li Chen1 Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Nutrition and Health, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center of Child Health and Disorders, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Feiyong Jia2 Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Lijie Wu3 Research Center for Child Development and Behavior, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Yan Hao4 Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Ling Li5 Department of Children Rehabilitation, Hainan Women and Children’s Medical Center, Haikou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Jie Zhang6 Children Health Care Center, Xi’an Children’s Hospital, Xi’an, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xiaoyan Ke7 The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Mingji Yi8 Department of Child Health Care, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Qi Hong9 Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Baoan, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Jinjin Chen10 Department of Child Health Care, Shanghai Children’s Hospital, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Shuanfeng Fang11 Department of Child Health Care, Children’s Hospital Affiliated of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Yichao Wang12 National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Birth Defect for Research and Prevention, Hunan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Changsha, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Qi Wang13 Deyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Deyang, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Chunhua Jin14 Department of Children Health Care, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Tingyu Li1 Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Nutrition and Health, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center of Child Health and Disorders, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 3055-3065 | Received 15 May 2022, Accepted 28 Oct 2022, Published online: 30 Dec 2022

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