Adrienne Y L Chan, Le Gao, Miyuki Hsing-Chun Hsieh, Lars J Kjerpeseth, Raquel Avelar, Tobias Banaschewski, Amy Hai Yan Chan, David Coghill, Jacqueline M Cohen, Mika Gissler, Jeff Harrison, Patrick Ip, Øystein Karlstad, Wallis C Y Lau, Maarit K Leinonen, Wing Cheong Leung, Tzu-Chi Liao, Johan Reutfors, Shih-Chieh Shao, Emily Simonoff, Kathryn Choon Beng Tan, Katja Taxis, Andrew Tomlin, Carolyn E Cesta, Edward Chia-Cheng Lai, Helga Zoega, Kenneth K C Man, Ian C K Wong
Previous studies report an association between maternal diabetes mellitus (MDM) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), often overlooking unmeasured confounders such as shared genetics and environmental factors. We therefore conducted a multinational cohort study with linked mother-child pairs data in Hong Kong, New Zealand, Taiwan, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden to evaluate associations between different MDM (any MDM, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and pregestational diabetes mellitus (PGDM)) and ADHD using Cox proportional hazards regression...
April 8, 2024: Nature Medicine