From pattern classification to stratification: towards conceptualizing the heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Thomas Wolfers
(1, 2)
,
Dorothea Floris
(1, 2)
,
Richard Dinga
(3)
,
Daan D van Rooij
(1, 2)
,
Christina Isakoglou
(1, 2)
,
Seyed Mostafa Kia
(1, 2)
,
Mariam Zabihi
(2, 1)
,
Alberto Llera
(2, 1)
,
Rajanikanth Chowdanayaka
(4)
,
Vinod Kumar
(5)
,
Han Peng
(6, 1)
,
Charles Laidi
(7)
,
Dafnis Batalle
(8)
,
Ralica Dimitrova
(8)
,
Tony Charman
(8)
,
Eva Loth
(8)
,
Meng-Chuan Lai
(9, 10, 11)
,
Emily Jones
(12)
,
Sarah Baumeister
(13, 14)
,
Carolin Moessnang
(13, 14)
,
Tobias Banaschewski
(14, 13)
,
Christine Ecker
(8, 15)
,
Guillaume Dumas
(16)
,
Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh
(8, 17)
,
Declan G. Murphy
(8, 17)
,
Jan Buitelaar
(1, 2)
,
Andre Marquand
(2, 1)
,
Christian Beckmann
(2, 1, 6)
1
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
2 Radboud University Medical Center [Nijmegen]
3 AMC - Academic Medical Center - Academisch Medisch Centrum [Amsterdam]
4 University of Mysore
5 Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
6 FMRIB - Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain
7 IMRB - Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
8 Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London
9 University of Toronto
10 CAM - University of Cambridge [UK]
11 NTU - National Taiwan University [Taiwan]
12 Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development [Birkbeck College]
13 Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University
14 Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim
15 Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main
16 GHFC (UMR_3571 / U-Pasteur_1) - Génétique humaine et fonctions cognitives - Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions
17 King‘s College London
2 Radboud University Medical Center [Nijmegen]
3 AMC - Academic Medical Center - Academisch Medisch Centrum [Amsterdam]
4 University of Mysore
5 Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
6 FMRIB - Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain
7 IMRB - Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
8 Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London
9 University of Toronto
10 CAM - University of Cambridge [UK]
11 NTU - National Taiwan University [Taiwan]
12 Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development [Birkbeck College]
13 Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University
14 Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim
15 Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main
16 GHFC (UMR_3571 / U-Pasteur_1) - Génétique humaine et fonctions cognitives - Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions
17 King‘s College London
Thomas Wolfers
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Mariam Zabihi
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Eva Loth
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Tobias Banaschewski
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Guillaume Dumas
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Résumé
Pattern classification and stratification approaches have increasingly been used in research on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) over the last ten years with the goal of translation towards clinical applicability. Here, we present an extensive scoping literature review on those two approaches. We screened a total of 635 studies, of which 57 pattern classification and 19 stratification studies were included. We observed large variance across pattern classification studies in terms of predictive performance from about 60% to 98% accuracy, which is among other factors likely linked to sampling bias, different validation procedures across studies, the heterogeneity of ASD and differences in data quality. Stratification studies were less prevalent with only two studies reporting replications and just a few showing external validation. While some identified strata based on cognition and intelligence reappear across studies, biology as a stratification marker is clearly underexplored. In summary, mapping biological differences at the level of the individual with ASD is a major challenge for the field now. Conceptualizing those mappings and individual trajectories that lead to the diagnosis of ASD, will become a major challenge in the near future.