Neurobehavioral Consequences of Prenatal Exposure to Smoking at 6 to 8 Months of Age

Autor/inn/en	Willoughby, Michael; Greenberg, Mark; Blair, Clancy; Stifter, Cynthia
Titel	Neurobehavioral Consequences of Prenatal Exposure to Smoking at 6 to 8 Months of Age
Quelle	In: Infancy, 12 (2007) 3, S.273-301 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-0008
Schlagwörter	Smoking; Physical Health; Pregnancy; Infants; Prenatal Influences; Health Behavior; Neurological Impairments; Behavior Problems; Affective Behavior; Gender Differences; Child Health; Rural Areas; Poverty; African Americans; Socioeconomic Status; Drug Abuse; North Carolina; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Gesundheitszustand; Schwangerschaft; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Pränataler Einfluss; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Armut; Afroamerikaner; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	Between 400,000 and 800,000 infants are born in the United States each year to women who smoked cigarettes during their pregnancy. Whereas the physical health consequences to infants of prenatal exposure to smoking are well established, the early neurobehavioral consequences are less well understood. This study investigated the neurobehavioral consequences of prenatal exposure to smoking using an epidemiologically derived sample of 454 infants who were drawn from a larger sample of 1,292 infants whose families were recruited at birth. Results indicated that, on average, infants who were exposed to higher levels of prenatal smoking exhibited less positive affect and greater irritability. Moreover, among male infants, elevated levels of prenatal exposure to smoking were associated with lower levels of approach, gross motor movement, reactivity, and attention. There was no evidence that the effects of prenatal exposure to smoking on infant neurobehavioral functioning were mediated by physical growth parameters (infant weight and head circumference) that are also known to be affected by prenatal exposure to smoking. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10