Attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder pre-adulthood and later adverse health outcomes: The 1987 Finnish birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Whereas attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is correlated with later risk of depression, anxiety, and substance misuse, the relationship with other health endpoints is uncertain. In a full-nation birth cohort study, we used a phenotype-wide approach to explore the influence of an ADHD diagnosis in childhood/adolescence with later disease and injury. Comprising 53147 (25731 female) children born in a single year, the 1987 Finnish Birth Cohort was generated from linkage of routinely collected data. Using international classification disease codes, ADHD diagnosis was captured from in- and out-patient hospital records up to age 18 years and study members continued to be surveilled for other diagnoses until 2020 (aged 33 years). In logistic regression analyses, effect estimates were a

SUBMITTER: Batty GD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12262741 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature