Ertürk Emre, Işık Ümit, Aktepe Evrim
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey.
Int J Dev Disabil. 2023 Apr 10;70(8):1520-1523. doi: 10.1080/20473869.2023.2197309. eCollection 2024.
A number of recent studies have brought attention to the involvement of dietary salt and blood sodium levels in the etiopathogenesis of autism. In our study, by comparing the blood sodium levels of children with autism spectrum disease (ASD) and healthy children, we aimed to shed light on the etiopathogenesis of ASD.
We retrospectively analyzed the blood sodium levels obtained from the 4-year follow-up of 84 children (42 with ASD and 42 controls).
According to the comparison of blood sodium levels obtained from the 4-year follow-up of children in the ASD and control groups, no significant difference was found between the blood sodium levels of both groups.
The notion that blood sodium levels influence the progression of autism is novel, and the majority of material on this topic comes from animal trials. The results of the few human-focused studies are controversial. More studies are needed to elucidate the role of blood sodium levels and salt consumption in the etiology of autism.
最近的一些研究已使人们关注到饮食中的盐分和血钠水平在自闭症病因学中的作用。在我们的研究中,通过比较自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)儿童和健康儿童的血钠水平,我们旨在阐明ASD的病因。
我们回顾性分析了84名儿童(42名ASD儿童和42名对照)4年随访期间获得的血钠水平。
根据对ASD组和对照组儿童4年随访期间获得的血钠水平的比较,两组的血钠水平之间未发现显著差异。
血钠水平影响自闭症进展这一观点是新颖的,并且关于该主题的大多数资料来自动物试验。少数以人类为重点的研究结果存在争议。需要更多研究来阐明血钠水平和盐摄入量在自闭症病因中的作用。