Pregnancy Outcomes in Women Diagnosed With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Population-Based Register Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been associated with various pregnancy outcomes, but the degree to which that association is explained by concomitant mental disorders and smoking during pregnancy remains unclear.

Objective

To investigate the association between maternal ADHD and pregnancy outcomes.

Methods

Through the Swedish Medical Birth Register, we identified 977,266 women who gave birth to a live singleton between January 1, 2006, and December 1, 2020 (1,617,121 pregnancies). Of these, 1.3% (12,553 women; 17,434 pregnancies) had an ADHD diagnosis prior to pregnancy. The primary outcome was preterm birth (< 37 weeks), with secondary outcomes being postterm birth (> 41 weeks), small for gestational age, large for gestational

SUBMITTER: Andersson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12668891 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature