Author, as appears in the article.: Silvia Fernandez-Barres; Jordi Julvez; Michelle Méndez; Dora Romaguera; Jesus Vioque; Sabrina Llop; Jesus Ibarluzea; Monica Guxens; Claudia Avella-Garcia; Adonina Tardón; Isolina Riaño; Ainara Andiarena; Oliver Robinson; Victoria Arija; Mikel Esnaola; Jordi Sunyer
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
URV's Author/s: FERNANDEZ BARRES, SILVIA; Jordi Julvez; Michelle Méndez; Dora Romaguera; Jesus Vioque; Sabrina Llop; Jesus Ibarluzea; Monica Guxens; Claudia Avella-Garcia; Adonina Tardón; Isolina Riaño; Ainara Andiarena; Oliver Robinson; ARIJA VAL, MARIA VICTORIA; Mikel Esnaola; Jordi Sunyer
Keywords: neuropsychological development Pregnancy seafood intake
Abstract: Seafood consumption during pregnancy is thought to be beneficial for child neuropsychological development, but to our knowledge no large cohort studies with high fatty fish consumption have analyzed the association by seafood subtype. We evaluated 1,892 and 1,589 mother-child pairs at the ages of 14 months and 5 years, respectively, in a population-based Spanish birth cohort established during 2004-2008. Bayley and McCarthy scales and the Childhood Asperger Syndrome Test were used to assess neuropsychological development. Results from multivariate linear regression models were adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics and further adjusted for umbilical cord blood mercury or long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations. Overall, consumption of seafood above the recommended limit of 340 g/week was associated with 10-g/week increments in neuropsychological scores. By subtype, in addition to lean fish, consumption of large fatty fish showed a positive association; offspring of persons within the highest quantile (>238 g/week) had an adjusted increase of 2.29 points in McCarthy general cognitive score (95% confidence interval: 0.42, 4.16). Similar findings were observed for the Childhood Asperger Syndrome Test. Beta coefficients diminished 15%-30% after adjustment for mercury or long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations. Consumption of large fatty fish during pregnancy presents moderate child neuropsychological benefits, including improvements in cognitive functioning and some protection from autism-spectrum traits.
Research group: Nutrició i Salut Mental
Thematic Areas: Ciències de la salut Ciencias de la salud Health sciences
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 0002-9262
Author identifier: N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D
Record's date: 2016-05-02
Last page: 182
Journal volume: 183
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/183/3/169/2195469
Article's DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv195
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2016
First page: 169
Publication Type: Article Artículo Article
Repositori URV