BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLike a pediatrician rounding on cystic fibrosis children in the hospital and smoking at their bedside. That's what the early 1980s were like.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square88linkfedilinkarrow-up1745arrow-down17
arrow-up1738arrow-down1imageLike a pediatrician rounding on cystic fibrosis children in the hospital and smoking at their bedside. That's what the early 1980s were like.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square88linkfedilink
minus-squareMsSprouts [she/her]@vegantheoryclub.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 year agoI wonder how much that affected the life expectancy of those kids
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoQuite a lot. Most mothers smoked while pregnant and gave their kids asthma as a result, and ADHD too. That’s why you see more of that.
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260151/
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMy mom quit smoking before pregnancy, and dad never smoked. Still neurodivergent. I’ve not personally heard of a causal link there before.
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260151/
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThanks, but, uh: CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring ADHD is not due to causal intrauterine effects, but reflects unmeasured confounding.
I wonder how much that affected the life expectancy of those kids
Quite a lot. Most mothers smoked while pregnant and gave their kids asthma as a result, and ADHD too. That’s why you see more of that.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260151/
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My mom quit smoking before pregnancy, and dad never smoked. Still neurodivergent. I’ve not personally heard of a causal link there before.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260151/
Thanks, but, uh: