Maternal smoking based on pre-birth health examination and risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: insights from a Korean mother-child cohort.

Key Points

• The study aims to examine the relationship between maternal smoking and the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children, specifically focusing on intellectual disability, ASD, and ADHD.
• Cohort design utilizing pre-birth health examinations
• Assessment of maternal smoking status
• Evaluation of neurodevelopmental outcomes in offspring
• Increased risk of intellectual disability observed in children of mothers who smoke
• Higher incidences of ASD and ADHD were also linked to maternal smoking
• Findings suggest urgent public health interventions are necessary to reduce smoking in women of reproductive age