Prenatal antibiotic exposure in pregnancy and early childhood socioemotional development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antibiotic exposure in pregnancy is associated with reduced microbiome diversity in the infant gut. Given that recent research has shown that early microbiome health can impact child socioemotional development, we examined the relationship between prenatal antibiotic exposure in pregnancy and childhood socioemotional developmental outcomes using a large, nationally representative longitudinal dataset.

Methods

A sample of 4800 diverse families were assessed from the population cohort of the Growing Up in New Zealand Study (GUiNZ), which prospectively follows children starting in the last trimester of pregnancy into early childhood. Socioemotional development was measured using a composite score derived from seven commonly used socioemotional tasks administered betw

SUBMITTER: Fish-Williamson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10242931 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature