Antibiotic Exposure in the First Year of Life and the Risk of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Am J Epidemiol
; 188(11): 1923-1931, 2019 11 01.
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ABSTRACT
Early childhood antibiotic exposure induces changes in gut microbiota reportedly associated with the development of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We conducted a population-based cohort study to examine the association between antibiotic use in the first year of life and ADHD risk. We included children born in Manitoba, Canada, between 1998 and 2017. Exposure was defined as having filled 1 or more antibiotic prescriptions during the first year of life. ADHD diagnosis was identified in hospital abstracts, physician visits, or drug dispensations. Risk of developing ADHD was estimated using Cox proportional hazards regression in a high-dimensional propensity score-matched cohort (n = 69,738) and a sibling cohort (n = 67,671). ADHD risk was not associated with antibiotic exposure in the matched-cohort (hazard ratio = 1.02, 95% confidence interval 0.97, 1.08) or in the sibling cohort (hazard ratio = 0.96, 95% confidence interval 0.89, 1.03). In secondary analyses of the matched cohort, ADHD risk increase was observed in those exposed to 4 or more antibiotic courses or a duration longer than 3 weeks. These associations were not observed in the sibling cohort. We concluded that antibiotic exposure in the first year of life does not pose an ADHD risk on a population level.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Epidemiol
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Canada