Maternal depression or anxiety during pregnancy and offspring type 1 diabetes : a population-based family-design cohort study

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INTRODUCTION: To investigate the association between maternal depression/anxiety during pregnancy and offspring type 1 diabetes, to assess the specific importance of exposure during pregnancy by comparing across different exposure periods before and/or after pregnancy, and to explore potential unmeasured familial confounding.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: This was a population-based cohort including 1 807 809 offspring born in Sweden 2002-2019. From national registers, data were available on diagnosis or medication prescription for depression/anxiety in and around pregnancy, as well as incident cases of type 1 diabetes defined through diagnosis or insulin treatment. Associations were examined using flexible parametric and Cox regression models. Familial confounding was explored using paternal exposure as a negative control and by comparing offspring exposed to maternal depression/anxiety with their unexposed siblings.

RESULTS: For exposure during pregnancy, maternal depression/anxiety was associated with an increased risk of offspring type 1 diabetes onset after, but not before, 8 years of age (adjusted HR (aHR) 1.21 (95% CI 1.03 to 1.42]). Exposure occurring only during pregnancy was similarly associated to type 1 diabetes (aHR 1.24 (0.96 to 1.60)), whereas exposure occurring only before pregnancy was not (aHR 0.91 (0.64 to 1.30)). Associations were close to the null for paternal depression/anxiety (aHR 0.95 (0.72 to 1.25)), and point estimates were above 1 in sibling comparisons, although with wide CIs (aHR 1.36 (0.82 to 2.26)).

CONCLUSIONS: Maternal depression/anxiety specifically during pregnancy seems to be associated with offspring type 1 diabetes. Paternal negative control and sibling comparisons indicate that the results cannot entirely be explained by familial confounding.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

BMJ open diabetes research & care - 11(2023), 2 vom: 20. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Smew, Awad I [VerfasserIn]
Lundholm, Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Tong [VerfasserIn]
Sävendahl, Lars [VerfasserIn]
Lichtenstein, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Brew, Bronwyn K [VerfasserIn]
Almqvist, Catarina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diabetes mellitus, type 1
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Pregnancy
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Stress, psychological

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Date Completed 24.04.2023

Date Revised 12.05.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjdrc-2023-003303

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35584382X