Editorial: A Special Tree in the Forest: From Oak to Acorn to Oak

In this issue Sucksdorff and colleagues1 present additional evidence of maternal health and nutrition during pregnancy affecting offspring mental health. In the Finnish National Registry, they identified 1,067 cases of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and 1,067 matched controls. They found a highly significant negative association between maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels the first half of pregnancy and later offspring diagnoses of ADHD. The lower the mother ’s vitamin D, the greater the risk of offspring ADHD, even after adjusting for maternal age and socioeconomic status (P=0.002).
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research