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Stressful life events in pregnancy and head circumference at birthCarsten Obel
The Perinatal Epidemiological Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Dev Med Child Neurol 45:802-6. 2003..In conclusion, stress in pregnancy may influence foetal brain development in many ways, but we found no support for an effect on the size of the brain as measured by head circumference at birth...
Do inattention and hyperactivity symptoms equal scholastic impairment? Evidence from three European cohortsAlina Rodriguez
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Sweden
BMC Public Health 7:327. 2007..Poor academic performance is related to ADHD in clinical samples. However, it is unclear to what extent core ADHD symptoms and scholastic impairment are related in non-referred school-aged children...- Stress and salivary cortisol during pregnancyC Obel
The Perinatal Epidemiological Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Paediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Psychoneuroendocrinology 30:647-56. 2005..In conclusion, we found differences in the associations between chronic stress in early and late pregnancy and cortisol levels indicating that the response to chronic stress is dependent on the stage of the pregnancy... - [Does TV watching cause child behavior disorders?]Carsten Obel
Skejby Sygehus, Perinatal Epidemiologisk Forskningsenhed, gynaekologisk obstetrisk afdeling, Børne and Ungdomspsykiatrisk Hospital, Risskov
Ugeskr Laeger 166:2681. 2004 - The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in the Nordic countriesCarsten Obel
Perinatal Epidemiological Research Unit, Dept Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 13:II32-9. 2004..The largest studies have been performed in Norway and Denmark, and in these countries the diagnostic interview DAWBA has also been used in conjunction with the SDQ... - Psychological factors in pregnancy and mixed-handedness in the offspringCarsten Obel
Perinatal Epidemiological Research Unit, Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Aarrhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Dev Med Child Neurol 45:557-61. 2003..3; 95% confidence interval 1.2 to 4.4). Women who at the same time reported a high level of distress and stressful life events, had a three- to four-fold higher prevalence of mixed-handedness in their offspring... 
Smoking during pregnancy and hyperactivity-inattention in the offspring--comparing results from three Nordic cohortsCarsten Obel
The Perinatal Epidemiology Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark
Int J Epidemiol 38:698-705. 2009..We compared the association in cohorts with different smoking frequencies...- Coffee consumption during pregnancy and the risk of hyperkinetic disorder and ADHD: a prospective cohort studyKaren Markussen Linnet
Perinatal Epidemiology Research Unit, Departments of Obstetrics and Paediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark
Acta Paediatr 98:173-9. 2009..Based on hypotheses from experimental studies, we studied the association between intrauterine exposure to coffee and the risk of clinically verified hyperkinetic disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)... - Maternal lifestyle factors in pregnancy risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and associated behaviors: review of the current evidenceKaren Markussen Linnet
Perinatal Epidemiological Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Psychiatric Hospital for Children and Adolescent, Skejby, Denmark
Am J Psychiatry 160:1028-40. 2003.... - [Does gestational anxiety result in children's attention disorders?]Carsten Obel
Skejby Sygehus, gynaekologisk obstetrisk afdeling, Perinatal Epidemiologisk Forskningsenhed, Aarhus Universitet, Institut for Epidemiologi og Socialmedicin, Center for Epidemiologisk Grundforskning, Børne og Ungdomspsykiatrisk Hospital, Risskov
Ugeskr Laeger 165:479. 2003 - Infertility, infertility treatment and behavioural problems in the offspringJin Liang Zhu
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus Department of Paediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 25:466-77. 2011..Our results are thus overall reassuring regarding behavioural problems in children born to infertile couples, regardless of infertility treatment... - Smoking during pregnancy and the risk for hyperkinetic disorder in offspringKaren Markussen Linnet
Department of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby Sygehus, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Pediatrics 116:462-7. 2005..The aim of this study was to investigate the association between smoking during pregnancy and hyperkinetic and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the offspring in a large population-based study... - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the offspring following prenatal maternal bereavement: a nationwide follow-up study in DenmarkJiong Li
Department of Epidemiology, The Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Institute of Public Health, The University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 19:747-53. 2010..47 (95% CI 1.00-2.16) and 2.10 (95% CI 1.16-3.80), respectively. Our findings suggest that prenatal maternal exposure to severe stress may increase the risk of ADHD in the offspring... - Prevalence and clinical correlates of tic disorders in a community sample of school-age childrenJanne Tabori Kraft
Psychiatric Hospital of Children and Adolescents, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov, Denmark
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 21:5-13. 2012..In the absence of hyperactivity, children with CTD are at increased risk for emotional difficulties, but not disruptive behavior problems... - A nationwide study on the risk of autism after prenatal stress exposure to maternal bereavementJiong Li
Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Pediatrics 123:1102-7. 2009..We aimed to examine whether prenatal stress exposure after maternal bereavement is associated with an increased risk of autism later in life... - Prenatal stress exposure related to maternal bereavement and risk of childhood overweightJiong Li
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
PLoS ONE 5:e11896. 2010..In a population-based cohort study, we examined whether prenatal stress related to maternal bereavement during pregnancy was associated with the risk of overweight in offspring during school age... - Cigarette smoking during pregnancy and hyperactive-distractible preschooler's: a follow-up studyKaren Markussen Linnet
Perinatal Epidemiology Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Paediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby Sygehus, Denmark
Acta Paediatr 95:694-700. 2006.... - Bereavement in early life and later childhood overweightJiong Li
Section for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Obes Facts 5:881-9. 2012..Conclusion: This study did not support that stress induced by bereavement during the first 6 years of life has significant influence on overweight in later childhood. Copyright © 2012 S. Karger GmbH, Freiburg... - Low Apgar scores and risk of childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorderJiong Li
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
J Pediatr 158:775-9. 2011..To examine whether low Apgar scores at 5 minutes are associated with increased risks of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)... - Social risk factors as predictors for parental report of deviant behaviour in 3-year-old childrenElse Bonde
University Hospital of Aarhur, Haral Selmersvej, Risskov, Denmark
Nord J Psychiatry 58:17-23. 2004..Social disadvantage was not found to be related to "anxious-fearful" behaviour... - Gestational age and birth weight in relation to school performance of 10-year-old children: a follow-up study of children born after 32 completed weeksIda Kirkegaard
Department of Obstetrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby Sygehus, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Pediatrics 118:1600-6. 2006..Much less is known about children of higher gestational ages and birth weights. We studied gestational age after 32 completed weeks and birth weight in relation to the child's school performance at the age of 10 years... - Infertility, infertility treatment and psychomotor development: the Danish National Birth CohortJin Liang Zhu
The Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 23:98-106. 2009..These results suggest that a long TTP may be associated with a modest developmental delay. Infertility treatment, especially ICSI, may be associated with a slight delay for some of these early milestones... - Infertility, infertility treatment, and mixed-handedness in childrenJin Liang Zhu
The Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Bartholins Alle 2, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Early Hum Dev 85:745-9. 2009..Mixed-handedness, which may reflect atypical brain laterality, has been linked to a number of medical conditions as well as prenatal stress... - Prenatal stress and cerebral palsy: a nationwide cohort study in DenmarkJiong Li
Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, The Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, The University of Aarhus, Denmark
Psychosom Med 71:615-8. 2009..We aimed to examine the association between maternal bereavement during the prenatal time period and CP in childhood... - Parental infertility and cerebral palsy in childrenJin Liang Zhu
The Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark
Hum Reprod 25:3142-5. 2010..In this study, we examined whether untreated subfecundity (measured by time to pregnancy) or infertility treatment was associated with an increased risk of CP in the offspring... - Parental infertility and developmental coordination disorder in childrenJin Liang Zhu
The Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Bartholins Alle 2, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Hum Reprod 25:908-13. 2010..In this study, we examined whether children of infertile couples with or without infertility treatment had a higher risk of developmental coordination disorder (DCD)... - Handedness and time to pregnancyJin Liang Zhu
Department of Epidemiology, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Institute of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark
Epidemiology 20:52-5. 2009..Nonright-handedness, particularly mixed-handedness, has been associated with a number of medical conditions. We examined whether handedness was associated with fecundity, measured by time to pregnancy... - Infertility, infertility treatment and twinning: the Danish National Birth CohortJin Liang Zhu
Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark
Hum Reprod 22:1086-90. 2007..By using updated information, we assessed the frequencies of dizygotic (DZ) and monozygotic (MZ) twin deliveries as a function of infertility (TTP > 12 months), as well as infertility treatment... - Prenatal stress and epilepsy in later life: a nationwide follow-up study in DenmarkJiong Li
Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark
Epilepsy Res 81:52-7. 2008..To examine whether prenatal exposure to maternal bereavement is associated with an increased risk of epilepsy in the first decades of life... - Infertility, infertility treatment, and fetal growth restrictionJin Liang Zhu
Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark
Obstet Gynecol 110:1326-34. 2007..To examine the association between infertility, with or without treatment, and fetal growth, as well as perinatal and infant mortality... - Infertility, infertility treatment, and congenital malformations: Danish national birth cohortJin Liang Zhu
Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Aarhus, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
BMJ 333:679. 2006..To examine whether infertile couples (with a time to pregnancy of > 12 months), who conceive naturally or after treatment, give birth to children with an increased prevalence of congenital malformations... - Effect of reducing caffeine intake on birth weight and length of gestation: randomised controlled trialBodil Hammer Bech
Institute of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
BMJ 334:409. 2007..To estimate the effect of reducing caffeine intake during pregnancy on birth weight and length of gestation... - The Danish National Hospital Register is a valuable study base for epidemiologic research in febrile seizuresMogens Vestergaard
The Danish Epidemiology Science Center at the Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Aarhus, Vennelyst Boulevard 6, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
J Clin Epidemiol 59:61-6. 2006..We examined the quality and completeness of the discharge diagnosis of febrile seizures in the Danish National Hospital Register (DNHR)... - Parental infertility and sexual maturation in childrenJin Liang Zhu
The Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Vennelyst Boulevard 6, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Hum Reprod 24:445-50. 2009..The reproductive health of children born of infertile couples may be affected by infertility treatment or factors associated with infertility. We examined sexual maturation in children of parents with infertility... - Prenatal stress and risk of febrile seizures in children: a nationwide longitudinal study in DenmarkJiong Li
The Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, The University of Aarhus, Vennelyst Boulevard 6, 8000 Arhus C, Denmark
J Autism Dev Disord 39:1047-52. 2009..00, 95% CI 0.94-1.06). The HRs did not differ according to the nature or timing of bereavement. Our data do not suggest any causal link between exposure to prenatal stress and febrile seizures in childhood... - Prenatal exposure to bereavement and type-2 diabetes: a Danish longitudinal population based studyJiong Li
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
PLoS ONE 7:e43508. 2012..Here we examine the association between prenatal exposure to maternal bereavement during preconception and pregnancy and development of type-2 diabetes in the off-spring... - The association between preschool behavioural problems and internalizing difficulties at age 10-12 yearsKirsten Slemming
Aarhus University Hospital, Regional Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Risskov, Denmark
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 19:787-95. 2010.... - [Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-Dan). A new instrument for psychopathologic screening of children aged 4-16 years]Carsten Obel
Gynaekologisk/obstetrisk afdeling, Perinatal Epidemiologisk Forskningsenhed, Skejby Sygehus, Arhus Universitetshospital, DK-8200 Arhus N
Ugeskr Laeger 165:462-5. 2003 - Traits of ADHD and autism in girls with a twin brother: a Mendelian randomization studyJørn Attermann
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Aarhus, Denmark
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 21:503-9. 2012..The reason for this may be parental reporting bias, or confounding by unmeasured variables, or a causal effect of an intrauterine environment modified by the sex of the co-twin in the opposite direction of what we expected... - Does children's watching of television cause attention problems? Retesting the hypothesis in a Danish cohortCarsten Obel
Pediatrics 114:1372-3; author reply 1373-4. 2004 - Periconceptional smoking and the male to female ratio in the offspring--re-assessment of a recently proposed hypothesisCarsten Obel
Int J Epidemiol 32:470-1; author reply 471. 2003 - Smoking and alcohol use in pregnancyCarsten Obel
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41:1391-2; author reply 1392-3. 2002 - Re: "Fetal growth and childhood behavioral problems: Results from the ALSPAC cohort"Carsten Obel
Am J Epidemiol 164:916-7; author reply 917. 2006 - Psychological distress during early gestation and offspring sex ratioCarsten Obel
Department of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
Hum Reprod 22:3009-12. 2007..In a population based follow-up study, we aimed to test whether psychological distress was associated with the sex ratio in the offspring... - [The mental health of asylum-seeking children in Denmark]Signe Smith Nielsen
Københavns Universitet, Institut for Folkesundhedsvidenskab, Afdeling for Sundhedstjenesteforskning
Ugeskr Laeger 169:3660-5. 2007..The objective of this study is to survey asylum-seeking children's mental health in Denmark... - Prenatal and postnatal exposure to cell phone use and behavioral problems in childrenHozefa A Divan
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1772, USA
Epidemiology 19:523-9. 2008..We examined the association between prenatal and postnatal exposure to cell phones and behavioral problems in young children... - Mental health among children seeking asylum in Denmark--the effect of length of stay and number of relocations: a cross-sectional studySigne S Nielsen
Department of Health Services Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, DK 1014 Copenhagen K, Denmark
BMC Public Health 8:293. 2008..The objective of this study was to examine the mental health of children seeking asylum in relation to organisational factors of the asylum system including length of stay and number of relocations...