Elizabeth C Corfield

Jul 17, 2024 | nature.com | Amanda Hughes |Fartein Ask Torvik |Elsje van Bergen |Elizabeth C Corfield |Ole A. Andreassen |Eivind Ystrom | +3 more

AbstractChildren born to parents with fewer years of education are more likely to have depression, anxiety, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but it is unclear to what extent these associations are causal. We estimated the effect of parents’ educational attainment on children’s depressive, anxiety, and ADHD traits at age 8 years, in a sample of 40,879 Norwegian children born in 1998–2009 and their parents.

Oct 25, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Shannon D’Urso |Laurie J. Hannigan |Elizabeth C Corfield |Stefan Johannson

Key PointsQuestion  Is the association between lower birth weight and offspring neurodevelopmental difficulties causal? Findings  In this conventional epidemiological cohort study of 46 970 offspring, lower birth weight was associated with neurodevelopmental difficulties across various offspring ages.

Jun 23, 2023 | nature.com | Ragna Bugge Askeland |Laurie J. Hannigan |Elizabeth C Corfield |Anita Thapar |George Smith |Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud | +2 more

Participants and measuresMoBa is a longitudinal prospective pregnancy cohort including approximately 114,500 children, their mothers, and fathers [25, 26]. Between 1999 and 2008 pregnant women were recruited to the study and gave written informed consent to participation in 41% of the pregnancies. Blood samples were collected from the children’s umbilical cord at birth [27].