MMR vaccination and pervasive developmental disorders: a case-control study.

Background: Concern that measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination might cause autism has led to a fall in vaccine coverage. We investigated whether MMR vaccination is associated with an increased risk of autism or other pervasive developmental disorders.Methods: We did a matched case-control study us...

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Publicado en:Lancet Vol. 364; no. 9438; pp. 963 - 970
Autores principales: Smeeth L, Cook C, Fombonne E, Heavey L, Rodrigues LC, Smith PG, Hall AJ, Smeeth, Liam, Cook, Claire, Fombonne, Eric, Heavey, Lisa, Rodrigues, Laura C, Smith, Peter G, Hall, Andrew J
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Lancet 9/11/2004
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          Smeeth L
          Cook C
          Fombonne E
          Heavey L
          Rodrigues LC
          Smith PG
          Hall AJ
          Smeeth, Liam
          Cook, Claire
          Fombonne, Eric
          Heavey, Lisa
          Rodrigues, Laura C
          Smith, Peter G
          Hall, Andrew J
        affil: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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          Autism Spectrum Disorder Chemically Induced
          Child Development Disorders, Pervasive Chemically Induced
          Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine Adverse Effects
          Adolescence
          Case Control Studies
          Child
          Child, Preschool
          Confidence Intervals
          England
          Infant
          Logistic Regression
          Odds Ratio
          United Kingdom
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          Funding Source
          Human
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Child: 6-12 years
          Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
          Infant: 1-23 months
      ab: Background: Concern that measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination might cause autism has led to a fall in vaccine coverage. We investigated whether MMR vaccination is associated with an increased risk of autism or other pervasive developmental disorders.Methods: We did a matched case-control study using the UK General Practice Research Database. Cases were people born in 1973 or later who had first recorded diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder while registered with a contributing general practice between 1987 and 2001. Controls were matched on age, sex, and general practice.Findings: 1294 cases and 4469 controls were included. 1010 cases (78.1%) had MMR vaccination recorded before diagnosis, compared with 3671 controls (82.1%) before the age at which their matched case was diagnosed. After adjustment for age at joining the database, the odds ratio for association between MMR and pervasive developmental disorder was 0.86 (95% CI 0.68-1.09). Findings were similar when restricted to children with a diagnosis of autism, to those vaccinated with MMR before the third birthday, or to the period before media coverage of the hypothesis linking MMR with autism.Interpretation: Our findings suggest that MMR vaccination is not associated with an increased risk of pervasive developmental disorders.
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