ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2020
Associations Between Early Low-Level Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Executive Function at Age 8 Years.
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate whether exposure to tobacco smoke during early brain development is linked with later problems in behavior and executive function. STUDY
designWe studied 239 children in a prospective birth cohort. We measured tobacco exposures by caregiver report and serum cotinine 3 times during pregnancy and 4 times during childhood. We used linear regression to examine the association between prenatal and childhood serum cotinine concentrations and behavior (the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2) and executive function (the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function) at age 8 years while adjusting for important covariates.
resultsNeither prenatal nor child serum cotinine were associated with behavior problems measured by the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2. On the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, prenatal and childhood exposure was associated with poorer task initiation scores (B = 0.44; 95% CI, 0.03-0.85 and B = 0.69, 95% CI, 0.06-1.32 respectively). Additionally, in a subset of 208 children with nonsmoking mothers, prenatal exposure was associated with task initiation scores (B = 1.17; 95% CI, 0.47-1.87) and additional components of the metacognition index (eg, working memory, B = 1.20; 95% CI, 0.34-2.06), but not components of the behavioral regulation index.
conclusionsTobacco exposures during pregnancy (including low-level second-hand smoke) and childhood were associated with deficits in some domains of children's executive function, especially task initiation and metacognition. These results highlight that decreasing early exposure to tobacco smoke, even second-hand exposure, may support ideal brain functioning.
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