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To examine the possibility of gender-based diagnostic bias, we assess for an association between gender and the sequence and timing of diagnoses.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Results showed substantial rates of concurrent ASD and BPD; the 5-year cumulative incidence of later ASD diagnosis among people with BPD was 3.02% [95% CI: 2.62, 3.43] and of later BPD diagnosis among people with ASD was 3.84% [3.08, 4.60]. Consistent with predictions of unidirectional gender-based diagnostic bias, the typical association between male gender and ASD diagnosis was reduced in cohorts first diagnosed with BPD, whereas the association between female gender and BPD remained in those first diagnosed with ASD. 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