Research Epidemiology
Smoking & Pregnancy
Familial confounding of the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and ADHD in offspring
Previous research show that women who smoke during pregnancy have a higher risk of getting a child with ADHD, suggesting a causal negative effect of nicotine. But we show that this association also can be explained by heritability of ADHD.
Published: 2013-07-30
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Volume 55, Issue 1
January 2014
Pages 61-68
Co-authors: Qi Chen, Brian M D'Onofrio, Paul Lichtenstein and Henrik Larsson