Autistic traits and mental health in women with the fragile-X premutation: maternal status versus genetic risk.

Background: Research on women with the fragile-X premutation (FX-p) has been underrepresented within the field of behavioural phenotypes.

Aims: To understand whether the FX-p confers risk for autistic traits, depression and anxiety, independent of maternal status.

Method: In study 1, mothers of children with fragile-X syndrome (M-FXp; n = 51, mean age 43 years (s.