Smoking During Pregnancy Not Linked to Autism
The Autism News | English
Children born to women who smoke during pregnancy are not at increased risk for autism, according to a new study.
Smoking during pregnancy has been considered a possible cause of autism in children due to known links between smoking and behavioral disorders and obstetric complications, but previous studies of a connection between smoking during pregnancy and autism have had mixed results.
In this study, researchers analyzed data from nearly 4,000 Swedish children with autism and a control group of 39,000 children without autism. The results showed that 19.8 percent of the children in the autism group and 18.4 percent of those in the control group had mothers who smoked during pregnancy.
The study was published online in December in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and will appear in a upcoming print issue.
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