Pregnancy and birth complications in antisocial adolescents and their siblings.
The authors compared the frequency of pregnancy and birth complications (PBC) from hospital records in antisocial adolescents and their same-sexed siblings who were relatively clear of antisocial behaviour. Probands, as a group, were not more likely to have had more PBC than their siblings, however, if there was a difference in complication frequency, it was usually the proband who was affected. The only effect of PBC within a pair was on the school performance and reading achievement of the proband. These results suggests that PBC may provide a marker for a subgroup of antisocial youth with a different etiology than similarly disturbed adolescents without PBC.
D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence