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Background  Prenatal smoking exposure has been associated with childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the mechanism underlying this relationship remains unclear. We assessed whether DNA methylation differences may mediate the association between prenatal smoking exposure and ADHD symptoms at the age of 6 years.    Results  We selected 1150 mother–infant pairs from the Hokkaido Study on the Environment and Children’s Health. Mothers were categorized into three groups according to plasma cotinine levels at the third trimester: non-smokers (≤ 0.21 ng/mL), passive smokers (0.21–11.48 ng/mL), and active smokers (≥ 11.49 ng/mL). The children’s ADHD symptoms were determined by the ADHD-Rating Scale at the age of 6 years. Maternal active smoking during pregnancy was significantly associated with an increased risk of ADHD symptoms (odds ratio, 1.89; 95% confidence interval, 1.14–3.15) compared to non-smoking after adjusting for covariates. DNA methylation of the growth factor-independent 1 transcriptional repressor ( GFI1 ) region, as determined by bisulfite next-generation sequencing of cord blood samples, mediated 48.4% of the total effect of the association between maternal active smoking during pregnancy and ADHD symptoms. DNA methylation patterns of other genes (aryl-hydrocarbon receptor repressor [ AHRR ], cytochrome P450 family 1 subfamily A member 1 [ CYP1A1 ], estrogen receptor 1 [ ESR1 ], and myosin IG [ MYO1G ]) regions did not exert a statistically significant mediation effect.    Conclusions  Our findings demonstrated that DNA methylation of  GFI1  mediated the association between maternal active smoking during pregnancy and ADHD symptoms at the age of 6 years.    Supplementary Information  The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13148-021-01063-z.

clinical epigenetics

DNA methylation of GFI1 as a mediator of the association between prenatal smoking exposure and ADHD symptoms at 6 years: the Hokkaido Study on Environment and Children’s Health