Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0204 |
| Title: | Pregnancy experience and the development of behavior disorder in children |
| Author(s): | Pasamanick B, Rogers ME, Lilienfeld AM, Hsieh CC, Lan SJ., Adami HO, Trichopoulos D. |
| Reference: | Am J of Psychiatry 1956; 112: 613-618 |
| Place of Study: | Baltimore, USA |
| Abstract: | This is a study of all persons born in Baltimore after 1939 with behaviour disturbances and referred to the division of special services of the Baltimore Department of Education. Clinical data was found including intelligence test and type of disorder. For controls the authors selected alphabetically the next child of the same sex from the same class. Information about pregnancy and birth were obtained via the city birth register and hospital records. 1151 cases and 902 controls born in Baltimore were found and studied. Among the white population the percentage of mothers with one or more pregnancy or birth complications was 33.3% as compared with 25.2% for the controls, a difference that is statistically significant. In the non-white population 63.8% of mothers had one or more pregnancy or birth complications compared with 50.5% for the controls, a difference which is also statistically significant. The authors emphasise that the non-mechanical abnormalities such as pre-eclampsia appear to be the important risk factors. |
| Keyword(s): | behaviour, birth complications, intellectual development, pre-eclampsia, preeclampsia, pregnancy complications |
| Discussion: | No discussion mentioned for this entry |
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