Prenatal Stress and Risk of Febrile Seizures in Children: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study in Denmark

We aimed to examine whether exposure to prenatal stress following maternal bereavement is associated with an increased risk of febrile seizures. In a longitudinal population-based cohort study, we followed 1,431,175 children born in Denmark. A total of 34,777 children were born to women who lost a c...

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Autores principales: Li, Jiong, Olsen, Jørn, Obel, Carsten, Christensen, Jakob, Precht, Dorthe Hansen, Vestergaard, Mogens
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Publicado: Springer US 2009
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Original Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2694316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19291382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0717-4
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author Li, Jiong
Olsen, Jørn
Obel, Carsten
Christensen, Jakob
Precht, Dorthe Hansen
Vestergaard, Mogens
author_facet Li, Jiong
Olsen, Jørn
Obel, Carsten
Christensen, Jakob
Precht, Dorthe Hansen
Vestergaard, Mogens
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description We aimed to examine whether exposure to prenatal stress following maternal bereavement is associated with an increased risk of febrile seizures. In a longitudinal population-based cohort study, we followed 1,431,175 children born in Denmark. A total of 34,777 children were born to women who lost a close relative during pregnancy or within 1 year before the pregnancy and they were included in the exposed group. The exposed children had a risk of febrile seizures similar to that of the unexposed children (hazard ratio (HR) 1.00, 95% CI 0.94–1.06). The HRs did not differ according to the nature or timing of bereavement. Our data do not suggest any causal link between exposure to prenatal stress and febrile seizures in childhood.
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spelling pubmed-26943162009-06-16 Prenatal Stress and Risk of Febrile Seizures in Children: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study in Denmark Li, Jiong Olsen, Jørn Obel, Carsten Christensen, Jakob Precht, Dorthe Hansen Vestergaard, Mogens J Autism Dev Disord Original Paper We aimed to examine whether exposure to prenatal stress following maternal bereavement is associated with an increased risk of febrile seizures. In a longitudinal population-based cohort study, we followed 1,431,175 children born in Denmark. A total of 34,777 children were born to women who lost a close relative during pregnancy or within 1 year before the pregnancy and they were included in the exposed group. The exposed children had a risk of febrile seizures similar to that of the unexposed children (hazard ratio (HR) 1.00, 95% CI 0.94–1.06). The HRs did not differ according to the nature or timing of bereavement. Our data do not suggest any causal link between exposure to prenatal stress and febrile seizures in childhood. Springer US 2009-03-17 2009-07 /pmc/articles/PMC2694316/ /pubmed/19291382 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0717-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2009
spellingShingle Original Paper
Li, Jiong
Olsen, Jørn
Obel, Carsten
Christensen, Jakob
Precht, Dorthe Hansen
Vestergaard, Mogens
Prenatal Stress and Risk of Febrile Seizures in Children: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study in Denmark
title Prenatal Stress and Risk of Febrile Seizures in Children: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study in Denmark
title_full Prenatal Stress and Risk of Febrile Seizures in Children: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study in Denmark
title_fullStr Prenatal Stress and Risk of Febrile Seizures in Children: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study in Denmark
title_full_unstemmed Prenatal Stress and Risk of Febrile Seizures in Children: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study in Denmark
title_short Prenatal Stress and Risk of Febrile Seizures in Children: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study in Denmark
title_sort prenatal stress and risk of febrile seizures in children: a nationwide longitudinal study in denmark
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2694316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19291382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0717-4
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