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Brief report: maternal smoking during pregnancy and autism spectrum disorders
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Brief report: maternal smoking during pregnancy and autism spectrum disorders

Brian K Lee, Renee M Gardner, Henrik Dal, Anna Svensson, Maria Rosaria Galanti, Dheeraj Rai, Christina Dalman and Cecilia Magnusson
Journal of autism and developmental disorders, v 42(9), pp 2000-2005
Sep 2012
PMID: 22173844

Abstract

Smoking - adverse effects Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - epidemiology Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects Comorbidity Humans Child, Preschool Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - etiology Risk Case-Control Studies Pregnancy Sweden Adolescent Adult Female Registries Child
Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke is suggested as a potential risk factor for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Previous epidemiological studies of this topic have yielded mixed findings. We performed a case-control study of 3,958 ASD cases and 38,983 controls nested in a large register-based cohort in Sweden. ASD case status was measured using a multisource case ascertainment system. In adjusted results, we found that maternal smoking during pregnancy is not associated with increased risk of ASD regardless of presence or absence of comorbid intellectual disability. Apparent associations were attributable to confounding by sociodemographic characteristics of parents such as education, income, and occupation.

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