Occupational psychosocial stressors and ergonomic strain during pregnancy and sex-specific risk of childhood asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous studies have indicated that maternal occupational psychosocial stressors may affect the risk of asthma in the offspring, but their results are inconsistent. Maternal occupational ergonomic strain is associated with predictors of fetal lung development, including preterm birth and low birthweight; however, it is not known, whether ergonomic strain during pregnancy is a risk factor for asthma in offspring. The aim was to investigate maternal psychosocial stressors and ergonomic strain during pregnancy relative to the risk of offspring asthma.

Methods

Live- and firstborn singletons (1996-2018) and their mothers were identified from Danish nationwide registers. Job code at time of conception was assigned to each mother and linked with exposure estimates from

SUBMITTER: Dornfeldt MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11807018 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature