Fig. 4

CNS/non-CNS infections and mutually exclusive diagnostic groups. Associations between specialized care for CNS infections (left) or non-CNS infections (right) during childhood and later diagnosis of “ASD without ID” (A, B), “ASD with ID” (C, D), or “ID without ASD” (E, F). Associations between exposure at different age intervals and later diagnoses are also shown. Hazard ratios are adjusted for sex, parity, maternal body mass index, pre-eclampsia, parental age, education, income, region of origin, histories of psychiatric illness and infections, season of birth, gestational age at birth, size for gestational age, cesarean section, and Apgar score