Prenatal Maternal Smoking and Increased Risk for Tourette Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorders

TitlePrenatal Maternal Smoking and Increased Risk for Tourette Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorders
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsBrowne, H. A., A. Modabbernia, J. D. Buxbaum, S. N. Hansen, D. E. Schendel, E. T. Parner, A. Reichenberg, and D. E. Grice
OBJECTIVE: We assessed the role of prenatal maternal smoking in risk for Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorder (TS/CT) and pediatric-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). METHOD: In an analysis of 73,073 singleton pregnancies from the Danish National Birth Cohort, we calculated incidence rates (IR) per 1,000 person-year for TS/CT and OCD. We then determined crude and adjusted hazard ratios and 95% CIs associated with prenatal maternal smoking, considering smoking as a dichotomous (yes/no) variable or a stratified variable (no smoking, light smoking, and heavy smoking [>/=10 cigarettes/day]). Additional analyses examined the effect of maternal smoking on risk for TS/CT with other comorbid psychiatric conditions. RESULTS: In final adjusted analyses, heavy smoking was associated with a 66% increased risk for TS/CT (adjusted hazard ratio = 1.66, 95% CI = 1.17-2.35). In addition, heavy smoking was associated with a 2-fold increased risk for TS/CT with comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and both light and heavy smoking were associated with a more than 2-fold increased risk for TS/CT with any non-ADHD psychiatric comorbidity. Our parallel analyses of pediatric-onset OCD were likely underpowered but showed similar relationships. CONCLUSION: Prenatal maternal smoking was associated with increased risk for TS/CT as well as TS/CT with comorbid psychiatric conditions, even after adjustment for several important variables, including maternal psychiatric history, socioeconomic status, and partner smoking. Our findings point to a pathway linking prenatal tobacco exposure and altered brain development to TS/CT.
Title Prenatal Maternal Smoking and Increased Risk for Tourette Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorders
Publication Title J Am Acad Child Adolesc PsychiatryJ Am Acad Child Adolesc PsychiatryJ Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
Publication Type Journal Article
Published Year 2016
Authors H.A. Browne; A. Modabbernia; J.D. Buxbaum; S.N. Hansen; D.E. Schendel; E.T. Parner; A. Reichenberg; D.E. Grice
Edition 2016/08/28
Accession Number 27566119
Number 9
ISBN Number 0890-8567
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