Open AccessSmoking in pregnancy and disruptive behaviour in 3-year-old boys and girls: an analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Jayne Hutchinson,
Kate E. Pickett,
Josephine Green,
Lauren S. Wakschlag
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology and community health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692
H-Index - 170
eISSN - 1470-2738
pISSN - 0143-005X
DOI - 10.1136/jech.2009.089334
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , millennium cohort study (united states) , offspring , psychosocial , cohort , cohort study , strengths and difficulties questionnaire , odds ratio , demography , pediatrics , odds , psychiatry , mental health , logistic regression , genetics , sociology , biology
Maternal smoking during pregnancy has been consistently associated with disruptive behaviour in male offspring; however, results for girls are inconsistent and little is known about emergent patterns in young children. Additionally, it is unclear whether maternal smoking is independently associated in offspring with hyperactivity-inattention or only when it co-occurs with conduct problems. Further, few studies have controlled for a broad range of maternal psychosocial problems.