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The Broader Autism Phenotype in Infancy: When Does It Emerge?

Sally Ozonoff, PhD, Gregory S. Young, PhD, Ashleigh Belding, BA, Monique Hill, MA, Alesha Hill, BA, Ted Hutman, PhD, Scott Johnson, PhD, Meghan Miller, PhD, Sally J. Rogers, PhD, A.J. Schwichtenberg, PhD,

Marybeth Steinfeld, MD, Ana-Maria Iosif, PhD

Objective: This study had 3 goals, which were to examine the following: the frequency of atypical development, consistent with the broader autism phenotype, in high-risk infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD); the age at which atypical development is first evident; and which developmental domains are affected. Method: A prospective longitudinal design was used to compare 294 high-risk infants and 116 low-risk infants. Participants were tested at 6, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months of age. At the final visit, outcome was classified as ASD, Typical Development (TD), or Non-TD (defined as elevated Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule [ADOS] score, low Mullen Scale scores, or both). Results: Of the high-risk group, 28% were classified as Non-TD at 36 months of age. Growth curve models demonstrated that the Non-TD group could not be distinguished from the other groups at 6 months of age, but differed significantly from the Low-Risk TD group by 12 months on multiple measures. The Non-TD group demonstrated atypical development in cognitive, motor, language, and social domains, with differences particularly prominent in the social-communication domain. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that features of atypical development, consis- tent with the broader autism phenotype, are detectable by the first birthday and affect develop- ment in multiple domains. This highlights the necessity for close developmental surveillance of infant siblings of children with ASD, along with implementation of appropriate interventions as needed. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 2014;53(4):398–407. Key Words: autism spec- trum disorder, broader autism phenotype, siblings, social-communication, infancy

he broader autism phenotype (BAP) is a constellation of subclinical characteristics

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members of children with autism spectrum dis- order (ASD).1 It is generally agreed that the BAP encompasses features related to the core diag- nostic domains of ASD, such as language delays and deficits, social difficulties, and rigidity of personality or behavior.2,3 Most previous studies have examined the BAP in parents and school-age siblings of children with ASD2,3; few have inves- tigated BAP features in infancy and toddlerhood,

This article is discussed in an editorial by Dr. John R. Pruett, Jr. on page 392.

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so it is not clear when these differences in behavior first develop and can be detected.

For questions that require precise timing of onset, prospective studies provide an optimal experimental design, because they do not rely solely on parent report, which can be subject to recall errors and other biases. In the past decade, prospective studies of high-risk infants have proliferated. Most commonly, the individuals at increased risk for ASD studied thus far are later- born siblings of children with ASD. Such infant sibling study designs often compare high-risk samples to low-risk infants with no family his- tory of ASD. Although several dozen such studies have been published, most focus on describing the early development and predictive early risk signs of infants who ultimately develop ASD.4,5

Other infant sibling studies have reported differ- ences between high- and low-risk groups in a variety of domains, including eye contact, joint

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attention, and nonverbal reasoning, but did not follow the infants long enough to know whether these differences were early signs of ASD or might instead index other types of atypical out- comes, including the BAP.6-9

Only a few infant sibling studies have specif- ically focused on describing early signs of the BAP.10-15 These investigations follow participants until age 3 years, determine which children develop ASD, and remove them from the larger high-risk group before analyses (because, by definition, the BAP and ASD are mutually exclu- sive). Several studies, most involving small sam- ples, have found significant differences between high-risk non-ASD groups and low-risk control individuals early in life, on tasks of response to joint attention at 14 months (n ¼ 8)10 and social referencing at 18 months (n ¼ 30),11 as well as on parent report measures of temperament as early as 7 months (n ¼ 12).12 Early differences in parent-reported temperament in high-risk siblings without ASD have also been reported in a much larger sample at 24 months of age (n ¼ 104).13 In a comprehensive study examining multiple domains of development, 40 high-risk siblings without ASD outcomes were, as a group, below average in expressive and receptive language, overall IQ, adaptive behavior, and social commu- nication skills at 18 to 27 months.14 In addition, parents reported social impairments on a ques- tionnaire by 13 months of age. A recent large study followed 170 high-risk children, none of whom were diagnosed as having ASD at age 3 years.15 A cluster analysis identified a subgroup (19% of the high-risk sample) that had elevated scores on the Autism Observation Scale for Infants at 12 months of age. At age 3, this cluster de- monstrated lower scores than low-risk controls on independent social-communication and cognitive measures. Taken together, these and other studies strongly suggest that behavioral and develop- mental features consistent with the BAP emerge early in life.

Most published sibling studies have been cross- sectional and/or focused on whether group dif- ferences are evident at a single age. Only 1 study thus far has examined longitudinal trajectories of development, following a cohort of 37 high- risk children from 4 months to 7 years of age.16

At 7 years, the researchers split their high-risk group into 2 subgroups, 1 group with BAP fea- tures (40%) and 1 group without, and then examined their cognitive and language trajec- tories in the preschool years (4–54 months) using

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growth curve analysis. They found that language scores were different for the BAP group as early as 14 months, but that cognitive scores did not differentiate the group from the low-risk controls at any age. The current study took a similar approach, examining development longitudinally from 6 to 36 months in high- and low-risk infants (n ¼ 294 and n ¼ 116, respectively) and looking for the earliest inflection point at which the tra- jectories diverge from one of typical to atypical development. The current study is the largest sample to date that examines BAP features longi- tudinally. We focus on several domains of early development: social-communication, language, nonverbal cognitive, and fine motor abilities.

The studies reviewed above have taken 1 of 2 approaches when studying the BAP. Some have studied all children in the high-risk group, after excluding those with an ASD outcome, looking for differences from low-risk infants.14 Others have classified an “atypical” outcome group, us- ing varying criteria at varying outcome ages, and then examined whether this “atypical” subgroup differs from low-risk controls at earlier ages than when the groups were defined.10,12,16 This latter approach is the one used in the current study. It is clear that there is substantial heterogeneity within the high-risk group; virtually all previous studies find that atypical development or BAP-like fea- tures are present in only a subset of siblings of children with ASD.2,3,17 Therefore, studying all high-risk siblings without ASD outcomes risks the possibility of obscuring potential differences that may be evident in a subgroup. Using a de- finition similar to other recent investigations,10,12

we identified a group of high-risk children with non-typical developmental outcomes at 36 months of age. We then used growth curve analysis to examine when non-typical development could first be detected. We studied multiple areas of development, extending more broadly than the BAP (e.g., social-communication, but also cogni- tion and motor skills), to examine in which do- mains non-typical development was evident.

METHOD Participants The sample reported in this article was drawn from a larger longitudinal study of infant siblings of children with ASD (High-Risk group) or children with typical development (Low-Risk group), recruited at 2 sites (University of California, Davis [UC Davis] and Uni- versity of California, Los Angeles [UCLA]) during 2 phases of grant funding (2003–2008 and 2008–2013).

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The sole inclusion criterion for the High-Risk group was status as a younger sibling of a child with ASD. Diagnosis of the affected older sibling was confirmed by meeting ASD criteria on both the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ).18,19 Exclusion criteria for the High-Risk group included birth before 36 weeks of gestation and a known genetic disorder (e.g., fragile X syndrome) in the older affected sibling. The primary inclusion criterion for the Low-Risk group was status as a younger sibling of a child (or children) with typical development. Low-risk status of all older siblings was confirmed by an intake screening ques- tionnaire and scores below the ASD range on the SCQ. Exclusion criteria for the Low-Risk group were as fol- lows: birth before 36 weeks of gestation; develop- mental, learning, or medical conditions in any older sibling; and ASD in any first-, second-, or third-degree relative. All participants with complete data at the 36- month outcome visit were included.

Participants were enrolled before 18 months of age (age at enrollment: mean ¼ 6.7 months, SD ¼ 5.2 months; 76% were enrolled by 9 months or earlier). Depending on age of study entry, data were collected at up to 5 ages: 6, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months. At the 36-month visit, participants were classified into 1 of 3 algorithmically defined outcome groups: ASD, Typical Development (TD), and Non-Typical Development (Non-TD). Table 1 provides algorithmic group defini- tions, which were developed by the Baby Siblings Research Consortium, a network of researchers study- ing very young children at risk for ASD (Chawarska et al., unpublished data, November 2013).

Given this article’s focus on the BAP, which by definition is a characteristic of family members of a child with ASD, the small groups of Low-Risk partici- pants with ASD (n ¼ 4) or Non-TD (n ¼ 27) outcomes were not included in analyses. The final sample with complete 36-month data included in the study were 51 participants classified with ASD (17.4% of the High- Risk group; n ¼ 8 females), 83 with Non-TD outcomes (28.2% of the High-Risk group; n ¼ 32 females), and

TABLE 1 Algorithmic Group Outcome Definitions

Outcome Classification

ASD At o Mee

Typical Development Doe No No ADO

Non-Typical Development Doe Two One ADO

Note: ADOS ¼ Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; ASD ¼ autism spectru specified.

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276 with TD outcomes, who were further stratified into High-Risk TD (n ¼ 160; n ¼ 90 females) and Low-Risk TD (n ¼ 116; n ¼ 53 females). Of the 83 participants in the Non-TD sample, 66 were classified into this group because of elevated ADOS alone, 9 were classified because of low Mullen Scale scores alone (8 had at least 1 Mullen Scale score that was �2 SD below the mean, and 1 had �2 Mullen Scale scores that were �1.5 SD below mean), and 8 were classified as Non-TD because of both elevated ADOS and low Mullen Scale scores (7 had at least 1 Mullen Scale score that was �2 SD below the mean, and 1 had �2 Mullen Scale scores that were �1.5 SD below the mean).

Measures The study was conducted under the approval of both sites’ institutional review boards. Infants were assessed by examiners who were unaware of group membership.

Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule.18 This is a semi-structured, standardized interaction and obser- vation tool that measures symptoms of autism. It has 2 empirically derived cutoffs, 1 for ASD and 1 for Autistic Disorder. Because data collection occurred before the publication of newer ADOS algorithms, the CommunicationþSocial Total algorithm score was used.19 Psychometric studies report high interrater reliability and agreement in diagnostic classification (autism versus non-ASD). The ADOS was used to confirm older sibling diagnosis and to determine infant outcome at 36 months of age (Table 1).

Mullen Scales of Early Learning.20 This is a stan- dardized developmental test for children from birth to 68 months. Four subscales were administered: Fine Motor, Visual Reception, Expressive Language, and Receptive Language. Scores are expressed in raw score points, which can also be converted to T-scores and age equivalents using published normative data. An overall score, the Early Learning Composite, is also obtained. The Mullen Scale subscales have excellent internal consistency (median ¼ 0.91) and test–retest reliability (median ¼ 0.84). This test was used to

Criteria

r above the ASD cutoff of the ADOS and ts DSM-IV-TR criteria for Autistic Disorder or PDD-NOS s not meet criteria for ASD classification and more than 1 Mullen Scale subtest �1.5 SD below mean and Mullen Scale subtest �2 SD below mean and S >3 points below ASD cutoff s not meet criteria for ASD classification and or more Mullen Scale subtests �1.5 SD below mean and/or or more Mullen subtests �2 SD below mean and/or S �3 points below ASD cutoff m disorder; PDD-NOS ¼ pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise

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measure cognitive functioning at each visit and to determine outcome status at 36 months. Ongoing administration and scoring fidelity procedures were implemented to ensure that there were minimal cross- examiner and cross-site differences.

Examiner-Rated Social Engagement. At the end of the session, examiners rated 3 behaviors using a 3-point scale (1 ¼ rare, 2 ¼ occasional, 3 ¼ frequent), as fol- lows: frequency of eye contact; frequency of shared affect; and overall social responsiveness. These 3 scores were summed to create a social engagement composite score (ranging from 3 to 9). In a previous study, this measure was able to distinguish infants with typical versus atypical development by 12 months of age.21

Clinical Best Estimate Outcome Classification. At the end of the 36-month visit, examiners classified each child into 1 of 6 Clinical Best Estimate (CBE) categories: ASD, BAP, Behavior Problems, Global Developmental Delay, Speech–Language Problems, or Typical Devel- opment. In contrast to the algorithmic groups (ASD, TD, Non-TD) that were empirically determined for the current analyses, the CBE classifications were clinically defined. Children classified with ASD met DSM-IV-TR criteria for autistic disorder or pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). Children classified as BAP displayed social-communication diffi- culties that were judged to be below the ASD threshold. Children classified as having ADHD concerns displayed high activity level, poor attention, or disruptive behavior, beyond what would be expected for devel- opmental level. Children classified clinically with Global Developmental Delay had low scores across multiple cognitive and motor domains. Children classified as having Speech–Language Problems displayed immature speech patterns or low language levels in isolation (no accompanying social or cognitive difficulties). All other participants were classified as having Typical Development.

Statistical Analysis Mixed-effects linear models were used to estimate patterns of change in Mullen Scale raw scores and to test whether group was related to the initial level or rate of change in these variables.22 All core models included fixed effects for group (ASD, Non-TD, High- Risk TD, and Low-Risk TD), the linear effect of age (centered at 6 months), and the interaction between group and age. To account for the correlated nature of the data, the core models included 2 random effects for child-specific intercepts and slopes. Additional fixed terms (for the quadratic effect of age, the interaction of the quadratic effect of age with group, gender, phase, site, etc.) were also added to the core model and tested. These terms were retained in the models only if they were significant. For the models with a significant quadratic effect of age, we also included random effects for the quadratic age. For some of those models, there was little variability left in the intercepts, so only the

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child-specific slopes were retained. A similar modeling strategy was used to analyze the Examiner-Rated So- cial Engagement composite scores (with age centered at 6 months) and ADOS social-communication scores (with age centered at 18 months). Further details on the mixed-effects models are presented in Supplement 1, available online.

All tests were 2-sided, with a ¼ 0.05. Residual ana- lyses and graphical diagnostics determined that the model assumptions were adequately met. Analyses were implemented using PROC MIXED in SAS Version 9.3.23

RESULTS Table 2, Table S1 (available online), and Figure 1 summarize the results of the mixed-effects models for Mullen Scale raw scores. At baseline (6 months of age), all 4 groups had comparable values on all 4 scales. The Low-Risk TD group demon- strated a sharp increase in raw scores with age on all Mullen Scales. The High-Risk TD group had significantly slower growth over time than the Low-Risk TD group on the Expressive and Receptive Language scales, but not on the Visual Reception and Fine Motor scales. At 36 months, the 2 TD groups had comparable Visual Recep- tion and Fine Motor scores, but the High-Risk TD group showed significantly lower levels of Expressive Language (by 1.1 points) and Recep- tive Language (by 1.7 points). The ASD group showed a significantly slower rate of change than both TD groups on all 4 scales and was signifi- cantly different from both groups by 12 months of age. Of primary interest for this article, the Non-TD group’s performance was intermediate between the ASD and both TD groups. The Non- TD group had lower rates of growth than both TD groups, resulting in significant differences from them by 12 months of age on all scales except Fine Motor. The differences from both TD groups were modest at 12 months (differences from Non-TD ranged from 0.3 to 1.5 points across scales for Low-Risk TD and 0.2 to 1.1 points for High-Risk TD) but amplified over time (at 36 months, differences from Non-TD ranged from 3.4 to 4.7 points in Low-Risk TD and from 2.8 to 3.5 points in High-Risk TD).

At 6 months of age, all 4 groups had similar Examiner-Rated Social Engagement composite scores (Table 2 and Figure 2). The 2 TD groups exhibited significant growth over time, and the ASD group showed a sharp decrease in scores with age. The Non-TD group had a flat trajectory, with significant differences from the Low-Risk

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TABLE 2 Parameter Estimates (SE) for Mixed-Effects Regression Models Predicting Mullen Scale Raw Scores, Examiner-Rated Social Engagement, and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) Social-Communication Scores

Model Term

Mullen Scale Examiner-Rated

Social Engagement ADOS

Social-CommunicationEL RL VR FM

Estimated trajectory for Low-Risk TD group Baseline 6.24 (0.15)*** 6.69 (0.22)*** 9.52 (0.18)*** 9.28 (0.18)*** 7.87 (0.18)*** 2.42 (0.26)*** Linear age effect (year) 11.42 (0.18)*** 14.81 (0.55) *** 12.84 (0.30) *** 12.98 (0.39)*** 1.13 (0.34)** e0.48 (0.82) Quadratic age effect (year) months) — e1.49 (0.21)*** e0.28 (0.10)** e1.26 (0.16)*** e0.29 (0.11)* e0.08 (0.49)

Estimated difference between ASD and Low-Risk TD group Baseline e0.30 (0.29) 0.82 (0.42) 0.35 (0.32) e0.35 (0.35) e0.23 (0.37) 8.46 (0.70)*** Linear age effect (year) e3.60 (0.34)*** e9.32 (1.02)*** e3.11 (0.38)*** e0.63 (0.73) e2.12 (0.59)*** e6.83 (2.51)** Quadratic age effect (year) months) — 2.09 (0.39)*** — e0.67 (0.30)* e0.46 (0.20)* 5.94 (1.56)***

Estimated difference between Non-TD and Low-Risk TD groups Baseline 0.31 (0.24) 0.04 (0.35) 0.03 (0.27) e0.13 (0.29) e0.37 (0.31) 2.24 (0.39)*** Linear age effect (year) e1.94 (0.28)*** e3.43 (.86)*** e1.42 (.32)*** e0.17 (0.61) e0.53 (0.51) e1.33 (1.23) Quadratic age effect (year) months) — .61 (0.33) — e0.45 (0.25) e0.13 (0.17) 1.75 (0.73)*

Estimated difference between High-Risk TD and Low-Risk TD groups Baseline 0.32 (0.21) 0.49 (0.31) 0.15 (0.23) 0.15 (0.26) e0.26 (0.29) 1.10 (0.34)** Linear age effect (year) e0.56 (0.23)* e2.03 (0.73)** e0.22 (0.27) e0.67 (0.52) e0.38 (0.47) e2.02 (1.05) Quadratic age effect (year) months) — 0.46 (0.27) — .15 (0.21) e0.17 (0.15) 1.01 (0.62)

Note: Baseline is 18 months for ADOS and 6 months for all other variables. ASD ¼ autism spectrum disorder; EL ¼ Expressive Language; FM ¼ Fine Motor; RL ¼ Receptive Language; SE ¼ standard error; TD ¼ typically developing; VR ¼ Visual Reception. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.

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FIGURE 1 Estimated trajectories for Mullen Scales. ASD ¼ autism spectrum disorder; TD ¼ typically developing.

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TD group evident starting at 12 months and resulting in 36-month scores that were signi- ficantly lower over time than both TD groups (by w1 point) but higher than the ASD group (by w2 points).

At 18 months (the first visit in which the ADOS was administered), there were significant group differences on the social-communication algo- rithm score, with the Low-Risk TD group dem- onstrating lower scores than the High-Risk TD (by 1 point), Non-TD (by 2 points), and ASD (by 8 points) groups (Table 2 and Figure 2). The Low- Risk TD group demonstrated a stable trajectory over time, whereas the High-Risk TD group exhibited a slight decrease over time. The Non- TD group showed a significant quadratic effect of age. At 36 months, the 2 TD groups had comparable scores (1.5 and 1.9, respectively), whereas the Non-TD and ASD group showed significantly higher scores (estimated values 5.7 and 13.1, respectively). Again, as with the Mullen Scale, the scores and longitudinal trajectories of the Non-TD group fell intermediate between the TD and ASD groups.

Table 3 depicts the correspondence between the empirically derived algorithmic classifications (ASD, TD, Non-TD) and clinical judgment (CBE

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outcome classification) at 36 months. The perfect correspondence between the 2 classifications for the ASD group is secondary to the algorithmic definition, which requires a clinical diagnosis of ASD. The Non-TD group had a significantly higher rate of classifications of BAP, ADHD concerns, Global Developmental Delay, and Speech–Language Problems and significantly lower rate of Typical Development classifications than both the High-Risk and Low-Risk TD groups (Fisher’s exact test, p < .001). The most common clinical classification for the Non-TD group was BAP, with more than one-third of the sample falling in this category. Three Non- TD participants received a CBE rating of ASD but did not meet the algorithmic criteria (e.g., did not have an ADOS score over the ASD cutoff), resulting in their classification as Non- TD. Interestingly, almost 40% of the Non-TD group was judged by examiners to have a CBE outcome of typical development, despite the elevated ADOS scores or lowered Mullen Scale scores that classified them empirically in the Non- TD group.

In secondary analyses, we added to the core models and tested terms for gender, site, funding phase, and, for those models with significant

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FIGURE 2 Estimated trajectories for Examiner-Rated Social Engagement composite and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) social-communication algorithm score. ASD ¼ autism spectrum disorder; TD ¼ typically developing.

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gender effects, the interactions between gender and group and between gender and age. There was no phase effect, and site was significant only in the model predicting receptive language (the UCLA sample scored 0.4 points higher than the UC Davis sample, p < .05, but the difference was so small that it is unlikely to be clinically mean- ingful). Gender was a significant predictor for all Mullen Scales except Receptive Language, with girls demonstrating slightly higher Visual Reception scores than boys (0.5 point, p < .05). For Expressive Language and Fine Motor, there was a significant gender-by-group interaction, driven by girls in the ASD group, who scored lower than boys on these scales, whereas girls in the other 3 groups scored w0.5 point higher than boys on the same scales. There were no gender, phase, or site effects in the model pre- dicting ADOS social-communication score. For the Examiner-Rated Social Engagement compos- ite, there was a significant gender-by-group in- teraction, driven again by the girls in the ASD group, who scored 2 points lower than the boys (p < .001), whereas girls in the other 3 groups scored similarly to boys of the same group. For this variable, there was a phase effect, with phase 2 children scoring about 0.2 points higher than phase 1 children (p ¼ .03). The interaction be- tween gender and age was not significant in any of the models considered.

DISCUSSION This study focused on developmental aspects of the BAP, exploring the frequency of non-typical development in high-risk infant siblings, the

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age at which atypical development was first evident, and which developmental domains were affected. We found that 28% of the high-risk cohort demonstrated atypical development (not including ASD) at 36 months of age, as defined by elevated ADOS scores (within 3 points of the ASD cutoff), low Mullen Scale scores, or both. Working backwards from this age, we used growth curve models to determine when these differences in development could first be detected. On the Mullen Scales of Early Learning and the examiner ratings of social engagement, the Non-TD group was not distinguishable from any other group at 6 months, but differed significantly from the Low-Risk TD group by 12 months of age, devi- ating from typical development as early as the group with ASD. At 18 months, the earliest age at which the ADOS was administered, the Non-TD group was already obtaining significantly higher scores than the Low-Risk TD group.

The aspects of atypical development that dis- tinguished the Non-TD group from the Low-Risk group occurred in all domains assessed in this study (cognition, motor, language, and social development) but were most prominent in the social-communication domain. Of the Non-TD group, 90% demonstrated social-communication difficulties (as defined by an ADOS score within 3 points of the ASD cutoff), including reduced eye contact, infrequent social initiations with unfamiliar persons, repetitive vocalizations, and delayed onset of gestures, speech, and play. Iso- lated language and cognitive delays (e.g., low Mullen Scale scores alone) were relatively rare, seen in only 10% of the Non-TD group, as pre- vious studies have also found.24 When such

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TABLE 3 Clinical Best Estimate Classifications at 36 Months by Algorithmic Group

Clinical Best Estimate, n (%) ASD

(n ¼ 51) Non-TD (n ¼ 83)

High-Risk TD (n ¼ 160)

Low-Risk TD (n ¼ 116)

Autism spectrum disorder 51 (100) 3 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) Broader autism phenotype 0 (0) 29 (35) 10 (6) 0 (0) ADHD concerns 0 (0) 8 (10) 7 (4) 2 (2) Global developmental delay 0 (0) 5 (6) 2 (1) 0 (0) Speechelanguage problems 0 (0) 6 (7) 14 (9) 3 (3) Typical development 0 (0) 32 (39) 127 (79) 111 (96)

Note: ASD ¼ autism spectrum disorder; TD ¼ typically developing.

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delays were evident, they occurred in combina- tion with elevated ADOS scores. Thus, the vast majority of the Non-TD group demonstrated the kinds of social-communication features that have been previously described in older siblings as consistent with the BAP. Interestingly, almost 40% of the Non-TD group was given a CBE rating of typical development by examiners, despite such elevated ADOS scores. We plan to further examine this subgroup to better understand what may lead to a clinical judgment of typicality, despite non-typical scores. An item analysis of the ADOS, for example, may reveal that high scores on certain items are not considered particularly concerning by clinicians, leading to a CBE of typical development, whereas high scores on other items (e.g., eye contact) are judged as consistent with the BAP.

One of the primary gaps in the literature motivating this research was the paucity of studies of BAP-like phenomena in very young siblings, with most previous investigations con- ducted on school-age siblings and parents. This results in a need to “translate” the types of defi- cits seen at older ages, and instruments used to measure them, into those appropriate for earlier stages of development. Some of this translation was straightforward, when the same instrument used with older siblings and parents could also be used with this young age group (e.g., the ADOS; the comprehensive review by Sucksmith et al.3 includes a list of previous studies and measures used). It was not clear at the start of this study whether the Mullen Scales would adequately index any cognitive delays that might be apparent. The findings here demonstrate that general developmental delays can occasionally be seen in very young siblings and that the Mullen Scales can detect them.

In future follow-up studies, as our sample reaches school-age, we plan to examine what proportion of the High-Risk children meet

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definitions of the BAP used previously in older samples.1 Many definitions include behavioral features not seen in infancy or measured by our tasks, such as peer problems, pragmatic language difficulties, rigid inflexible behavior, anxiety, and depression. It is possible that the rate of atypical development will increase over time, and that some children in the High-Risk TD group who did not show atypicalities at 36 months or did not meet cutoffs for the Non-TD definition may be identified with a BAP-like phenotype as they are followed up longitudinally into the school years. Previous longitudinal studies have, in fact, reported a significant increase in the number of high-risk siblings identified with BAP-related difficulties at age 7 years compared to the pre- school years.25-27

The results reported here are largely consistent with a recently published study that used a dif- ferent type of prospective design.28 This research team analyzed the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort, a very large, community-ascertained general population sample that followed children from before birth to age 11 years, obtaining parent reports of de- velopment (including a measure of ASD traits) at multiple ages. Bolton et al. found that parents reported differences in development within the first year of life that not only predicted later di- agnoses of ASD, but also a wider, subthreshold range of autistic-like behaviors potentially con- sistent with the BAP.28

A question that often arises is whether siblings like those in the Non-TD group, who have delays that are sub-threshold to ASD, should receive early intervention services or whether their de- lays will lessen over time without treatment. There are not, as yet, any well-controlled inter- vention studies that can help to answer this question, so we must turn to other sources. One answer to the question comes from the law involving early intervention services for children

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� Close to 50% of younger siblings of children with ASD develop in an atypical fashion. In the current study, 17% developed ASD, and another 28% showed delays or deficits in other areas of development or behavior.

� Differences in development are detectable using standardized assessment instruments by 12 months of age in many children.

� The most common development differences seen in younger siblings of children with ASD are delays in social-communication development (including reduced eye contact, extreme shyness with unfamil- iar persons, and delayed onset of gestures and speech). Some younger siblings also show delays in cognitive and motor abilities, as well as attentional and behavioral problems.

� Close developmental surveillance of infant siblings of children with ASD is necessary, along with implementation of appropriate interventions as needed.

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under 3 years of age, the Individuals with Dis- abilities Education Act (IDEA), Part C, which states that young children with delays and those who are at high risk for developmental delays are entitled to assessments and intervention services. Thus, good clinical practice suggests that when children are showing atypical development, they and their families should be provided with in- formation about the child’s difficulties, clinical reports when practical, and referrals to local Part C service providers. The second response to this question about early intervention for BAP-like features comes from 2 long-term longitudinal studies of infant siblings, both of which demon- strated that children with early lagging trajec- tories continue to experience challenges after the preschool period and do not “catch up” to typi- cally developing peers.16,28

Which types of intervention should be pro- vided to this wide-ranging group of children? Certainly, no single approach or modality can be expected to fit a group whose difficulties range from severe hyperactivity, to mild-to-moderate intellectual impairment, to subthreshold symp- toms of ASD. Intervention approaches need to be chosen based on each child’s profile of strengths and weaknesses and each family’s goals and priorities. However, there are a range of choices available to early intervention professionals from a range of disciplines. Empirically supported, manualized, parent-implemented interventions for toddlers and preschoolers with behavior disorders, general delayed development, social- communicative symptoms related to autism, and difficulties with expressive communication are represented in the literature, and many of these can be carried out by professionals from a variety of disciplines.29-31

We will continue to follow our sample as they reach school age, to examine whether develop- mental difficulties identified at age 3 years per- sist, and whether new difficulties (e.g., learning disorders, anxiety) emerge over time. It is critical to better understand the long-term functional consequences of the early developmental pat- terns identified in the current study. The ulti- mate goal of this program of research is to determine whether monitoring and identifica- tion in the preschool years could be used to

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Drs. Ozonoff, Young, Miller, Rogers, Steinfeld, and Iosif, and Ms. Belding, Ms. M. Hill, and Ms. A. Hill are with the University of CaliforniaeDavis. Drs. Hutman and Johnson are with the University of CaliforniaeLos Angeles. Dr. Schwichtenberg is with Purdue University.

This study was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health grants R01 MH0638398 (S.O.) and U54 MH068172 (Marian Sigman, PhD [deceased]).

Drs. Iosif and Young served as the statistical experts for this research.

Editorial support for the preparation of this article was provided by Diane Larzelere, BA, University of California-Davis. The authors thank the children and families who participated in this longitudinal study.

Disclosure: Drs. Ozonoff, Young, Hutman, Johnson, Miller, Rogers, Schwichtenberg, Steinfeld, and Iosif, and Ms. Belding, Ms. M. Hill and Ms. A. Hill report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

Correspondence to Sally Ozonoff, PhD, MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health System, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento CA 95817; e-mail: [email protected]

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Mixed-Effects Model Details. Mixed-effects regres- sion models were used to estimate individual patterns of change in Mullen Scale raw scores, Examiner-Rated Social Engagement Scores, and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) social-communication scores from 6 to 36 months, and to test the effects of diagnosis and covariates on the initial level and the rate of change in these variables. Change in these variables was assessed in the mixed-effects models with a term for age (centered at baseline 6 months). The models as- sume that each child’s individual path of growth followed the mean path, except for child-specific random effects that caused the initial level to be higher or lower and the rate of change (linear, quadratic) to be faster or slower.

The core set of models included fixed effects for diagnosis, age (centered at baseline), and the interaction between diagnosis and age. A second

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set of models also included terms for the quadratic effect of age and the interaction of diagnosis with the quadratic effect of age. These interaction terms tested whether the rate of change in the variables varied across diagnosis. The most general core model included 3 random effects: a random intercept and random slopes for both the linear and the quadratic effect of age. These random ef- fects (describing the between-child variation) were assumed to follow a multivariate normal distri- bution. We used an unstructured covariance ma- trix, which is the most general structure, to model the dependence between the random effects. To model within-person variation, we assumed that the observed measurements differed from the child’s true trajectory by independent, identically distributed errors at each visit. Separate variances for this residual error (assessing the within-child variance) were estimated in each group, and tests to assess whether the within-child variances differed across diagnosis were performed.

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TABLE S1 Estimated Trajectories (Estimate, 95% CI) From the Mixed-Effects Models Predicting Mullen Scale Raw Scores, Examiner-Rated Social Engagement Scores, and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) Social- Communication Scores

Age

Estimated Scores (95% Confidence Intervals)

ASD (n ¼ 51)

Non-TD (n ¼ 83)

High-Risk TD (n ¼ 160)

Low-Risk TD (n ¼ 116)

Mullen Expressive Language 6 mo 5.9 (5.5e6.4) 6.5 (6.2e6.9) 6.6 (6.3e6.8) 6.2 (5.9e6.5) 12 mo 9.8 (9.4e10.3) 11.3 (10.9e11.6)** 12.0 (11.7e12.2) 11.9 (11.7e12.2)** 18 mo 13.8 (13.2e14.3) 16.0 (15.6e16.4)*** 17.4 (17.1e17.7) 17.7 (17.3e18.0)*** 24 mo 17.7 (16.9e18.4) 20.8 (20.2e21.3)*** 22.8 (22.4e23.3) 23.4 (22.9e23.9)*** 36 mo 25.5 (24.2e26.8) 30.2 (29.2e31.2)*** 33.7 (33.0e34.4) 34.8 (34.0e35.6)***

Mullen Receptive Language 6 mo 7.5 (6.8e8.2) 6.7 (6.3e7.3) 7.2 (6.8e7.6) 6.7 (6.3e7.1) 12 mo 10.4 (9.8e11.0) 12.2 (11.8e12.6)*** 13.3 (13.0e13.6) 13.7 (13.4e14.1)*** 18 mo 13.6 (12.8e14.5) 17.2 (16.6e17.9)*** 18.9 (18.5e19.4) 20.0 (19.5e20.5)*** 24 mo 17.2 (16.1e18.1) 21.8 (21.1e22.6)*** 24.0 (23.5e24.6) 25.6 (24.9e26.2)*** 36 mo 25.0 (23.5e26.5) 29.7 (28.6e30.8)*** 32.7 (31.9e33.5) 34.4 (33.4e35.3)***

Mullen Visual Reception 6 mo 9.9 (9.3e10.4) 9.5 (9.1e10.0) 9.6 (9.3e10.0) 9.5 (9.2e9.9) 12 mo 14.7 (14.2e15.1) 15.2 (14.9e15.5)** 15.9 (15.7e16.2) 15.9 (15.6e16.1)** 18 mo 19.3 (18.8e19.9) 20.7 (20.3e21.1)*** 22.0 (21.7e22.3) 22.1 (21.7e22.4)*** 24 mo 23.8 (23.1e24.6) 26.1 (25.5e26.6)*** 28.0 (27.6e28.4) 28.2 (27.7e28.7)*** 36 mo 32.4 (31.1e33.8) 36.4 (35.3e37.4)*** 39.5 (38.7e40.2) 39.9 (39.0e40.8)***

Mullen Fine Motor 6 mo 8.9 (8.4e9.5) 9.1 (8.7e9.6) 9.4 (9.1e9.8) 9.3 (8.9e9.6) 12 mo 14.6 (14.3e15.0) 15.1 (14.9e15.4)# 15.3 (15.1e15.5) 15.5 (15.2e15.7)#

18 mo 19.4 (18.9e19.8) 20.2 (19.9e20.6)** 20.6 (20.4e20.9) 21.0 (20.7e21.3)** 24 mo 23.1 (22.5e23.7) 24.5 (24.1e25.0)*** 25.4 (25.1e25.7) 25.9 (25.5e26.3)*** 36 mo 27.7 (26.5e29.0) 30.5 (29.5e31.4)*** 33.3 (32.7e33.9) 33.8 (33.1e34.6)***

Examiner-Rated Social Engagement Composite Score 6 mo 7.6 (7.0e8.2) 7.5 (7.0e7.9) 7.6 (7.2e8.0) 7.9 (7.5e8.3) 12 mo 7.2 (6.9e7.5) 7.8 (7.5e8.0)*** 8.0 (7.7e8.2) 8.4 (8.1e8.6)*** 18 mo 6.8 (6.5e7.1) 7.9 (7.7e8.2)*** 8.2 (8.0e8.4) 8.7 (8.5e8.9)*** 24 mo 6.5 (6.2e6.9) 8.0 (7.7e8.3)*** 8.4 (8.2e8.7) 8.9 (8.6e9.0)*** 36 mo 6.2 (5.8e6.6) 7.9 (7.7e8.2)*** 8.7 (8.5e8.9) 8.8 (8.6e9.0)***

ADOS Social-Communication Score 18 mo 10.9 (9.6e12.2) 4.7 (4.1e5.2)*** 3.5 (3.1e3.9) 2.4 (1.9e2.9)*** 24 mo 8.7 (7.5e9.9) 4.2 (3.7e4.7)*** 2.5 (2.2e2.8) 2.2 (1.7e2.6)*** 36 mo 13.1 (11.8e14.4) 5.7 (5.3e6.1)*** 1.9 (1.6e2.1) 1.5 (1.2e1.8)***

Note: ASD ¼ autism spectrum disorder; TD ¼ typically developing. #p < .07; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001 (for comparing Non-TD and Low-Risk TD).

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  • The Broader Autism Phenotype in Infancy: When Does It Emerge?
    • Method
      • Participants
      • Measures
        • Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule18
        • Mullen Scales of Early Learning20
        • Examiner-Rated Social Engagement
        • Clinical Best Estimate Outcome Classification
      • Statistical Analysis
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • References
    • Supplement 1
      • Mixed-Effects Model Details