ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2018
Maternal Exposures Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Jamaican Children.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mapping evidence on maternal metabolic conditions and child neurodevelopment in the Caribbean: a scoping review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of different Iron-Folic acid (IFA) formulations, doses, and frequencies on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes compared to multiple micronutrients (MMN) among pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Maternal exposure to pesticides and autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders in offspring: A meta-analysis.Chemosphere · 2023Pooled it
- Maternal Exposure to Pesticides and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Offspring: A Meta-analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Pooled it
- Fever during pregnancy as a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders: results from a systematic review and meta-analysis.Molecular autism · 2021Pooled it
- Associations between Maternal Urinary Metabolite Concentrations of Selected Volatile Organic Compounds and Child Neurocognitive Development at Two Years of Age.Environmental health perspectives · 2025Article
- Neurodevelopmental disorders in children born to mothers involved in maternal motor vehicle crashes.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Professionally and non-professionally applied household insecticides during pregnancy and early life and their associations with autism spectrum disorder and developmental delay in the CHARGE case-control study.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Intercontinental insights into autism spectrum disorder: a synthesis of environmental influences and DNA methylation.Environmental epigenetics · 2024Review
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- Health Effects of Pesticide Exposure in Latin American and the Caribbean Populations: A Scoping Review.Environmental health perspectives · 2022Article
- The Association of Prenatal Vitamins and Folic Acid Supplement Intake with Odds of Autism Spectrum Disorder in a High-Risk Sibling Cohort, the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI).Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Association between pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyl exposure during pregnancy and autism spectrum disorder among children: a meta-analysis.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2021Article
- Association Between Antenatal Antimicrobial Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorder-A Nested Case-Control Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Perinatal Factors Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Jamaican Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Article
- Association of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Organochlorine Pesticides with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Jamaican Children.Research in autism spectrum disorders · 2020Article
- Association Between Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Preschool Children Enrolled in the Study to Explore Early Development.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2019Article
- Prenatal Immune and Endocrine Modulators of Offspring's Brain Development and Cognitive Functions Later in Life.Frontiers in immunology · 2018Review
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Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with poorly understood etiology. Many maternal exposures during pregnancy and breastfeeding potentially interfere with neurodevelopment. Using data from two age- and sex-matched case-control studies in Jamaica (n = 298 pairs), results of conditional logistic regression analyses suggest that maternal exposures to fever or infection (matched odds ratio (MOR) = 3.12, 95% CI 1.74-5.60), physical trauma (MOR 2.02, 95% CI 1.01-4.05), and oil-based paints (MOR 1.99, 95% CI 1.14-3.46) may be associated with ASD. Additionally, maternal exposure to oil-based paints may modify the relationship between maternal exposure to pesticides and ASD, which deepens our understanding of the association between pesticides and ASD.
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