Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution and Risk for Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder in Children.

ABSTRACT: Exposure to air pollutants during early life may impair children's neurodevelopment and increase the risk of ADHD. The study aimed to explore the association between exposure to prenatal air pollutants and ADHD in the school population from Tarragona, Spain. Data were obtained from the EPINED study, a two-phase epidemiological research involving preschool-aged (4-5 years) and school-age (10-11 years) children. The screening phase assessed ADHD symptoms in 3,727 participants, followed by a diagnostic phase with 781 children (549 without ADHD, 174 with ADHD). Multivariable regression showed that higher prenatal exposures to PM₁₀ (β-1.88; CI: 0.65-3.12), PM_coarse (β-1.25; CI: 0.52-1.98), NO₂ (β-1.11; CI: 0.56-1.66), and NO_x (β-1.29; CI: 0.66-1.91) w

SUBMITTER: Kaur S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12894195 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature