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ArticleScientific reports2016

COMT and prenatal maternal smoking in associations with conduct problems and crime: the Pelotas 1993 birth cohort study.

Angélica Salatino-Oliveira, Joseph Murray, Christian Kieling, Júlia Pasqualini Genro, Guilherme Polanczyk, Luciana Anselmi, Fernando Wehrmeister, Fernando C de Barros, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Luis Augusto Rohde and 1 more

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Angélica Salatino-OliveiraDepartment of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Joseph MurrayDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Christian KielingDivision of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Júlia Pasqualini GenroDepartment of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Guilherme PolanczykDepartment of Psychiatry, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Luciana AnselmiPostgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Fernando WehrmeisterPostgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Fernando C de BarrosPostgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Ana Maria Baptista MenezesPostgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Luis Augusto RohdeDivision of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Mara Helena HutzDepartment of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conduct problems in childhood and adolescence are significant precursors of crime and violence in young adulthood. The purpose of the current study is to test the interaction between prenatal maternal smoking and COMT Val(158)Met in conduct problems and crime in the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study. Conduct problems were assessed through the parent version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire at ages 11 and 15 years. A translated version of a confidential self-report questionnaire was used to collect criminal data at 18 years of age. Negative binomial regression analyses showed an association between prenatal maternal smoking and SDQ conduct problem scores (IRR = 1.24; 95% CI: 1.14-1.34; p < 0.001) at 11 years of age. However, no evidence was found for an association between COMT genotypes and conduct scores or for an interaction between maternal smoking and this gene in predicting conduct problems. Very similar results were obtained using the 15 years conduct scores and crime measure at age 18. Prenatal maternal smoking was associated with crime (IRR = 1.28; 95% CI: 1.09-1.48; p = 0.002) but neither COMT genotypes nor the possible interaction between gene and maternal smoking were significantly associated with crime. Replications of GxE findings across different social contexts are critical for testing the robustness of findings.

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CrimeProblem BehaviorAdolescentBrazilCatechol O-MethyltransferaseCohort StudiesDemographyFemaleHumansMalePregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsSmokingCatechol O-MethyltransferaseCOMT protein, human

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