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Early-life antibiotic use and risk of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: results of a discordant twin study

Elise M A Slob, Bronwyn K Brew, Susanne J H Vijverberg, Talitha Dijs, Catharina E M van Beijsterveldt, Gerard H Koppelman, Meike Bartels, Conor V Dolan, Henrik Larsson, Sebastian Lundström, Paul Lichtenstein, Tong Gong (+4 others)
2020 International Journal of Epidemiology  

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Background Development of the gut-brain axis in early life may be disturbed by antibiotic use. It has been hypothesized that this disturbance may contribute to development of neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. We aimed to assess the association between antibiotic use in early life and the risk of developing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or autism spectrum disorder, while controlling for shared genetic and
more » ... ronmental factors in a discordant twin design. Methods We conducted a cohort study in twins (7–12 years; 25 781 twins) from the Netherlands Twin Register (NTR) and a replication study in the Childhood and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden (CATSS; 7946 9-year-old twins). Antibiotic use was recorded before age 2 years. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder were parent-reported in the Netherlands Twin Register and register-based in the Childhood and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden. Results Early-life antibiotic use was associated with increased risk of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder development [pooled odds ratio (OR) 1.10, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.02-1.17] and autism spectrum disorder (pooled OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.06-1.25) in a case-control design. When restricting to monozygotic twin pairs discordant for the outcome, associations disappeared for both disorders in both cohorts (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.48-1.69 and OR 0.80, 95% CI 0.37-1.76, and autism spectrum disorder OR 0.66, 95% CI 0.38-1.16 and OR 0.29, 95% CI 0.02-4.50, respectively). Conclusions Our findings suggest that the association between early-life antibiotic use and risk of attention-deficit hyperactivity and autism spectrum disorder may be confounded by shared familial environment and genetics.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyaa168 pmid:33179025 fatcat:v5ayhgvadncobllsxrop5fszea
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Elise M A Slob, Bronwyn K Brew, Susanne J H Vijverberg, Talitha Dijs, Catharina E M van Beijsterveldt, Gerard H Koppelman, Meike Bartels, Conor V Dolan, Henrik Larsson, Sebastian Lundström, Paul Lichtenstein, Tong Gong, Anke H Maitland-van der Zee, Aletta D Kraneveld, Catarina Almqvist, Dorret I Boomsma. "Early-life antibiotic use and risk of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: results of a discordant twin study." International Journal of Epidemiology 50.2 (2020)