GSTM1 polymorphisms modify the effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on cognitive functioning in preschoolers
Author(s) -
Eva Morales,
Jordi Sunyer,
Jordi Júlvez,
Francesc Castro-Giner,
Xavier Estivill,
Matías Torrent,
Rafael de Cid
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyp141
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , population , allele , generation r , cognition , cohort study , genotyping , demography , obstetrics , pediatrics , genotype , psychiatry , genetics , biology , environmental health , sociology , gene
Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with cognitive deficits in children. Parental factors are proposed as an explanatory. We studied the influence of GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms on the cognition effects induced by active maternal smoking during pregnancy.
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