Affiliation:
1. Department of Anesthesiology Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons New York New York USA
2. Telethon Kids Institute University of Western Australia Perth Australia
3. Department of Epidemiology Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health New York New York USA
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundThe effect of prenatal marijuana exposure (PME) on child neurodevelopment remains poorly understood. Prior studies have demonstrated inconsistent results.ObjectivesThis study evaluated the association between PME and neuropsychological test scores in late childhood and early adulthood, accounting for a wide range of parental characteristics.MethodsThis study evaluated participants from the Raine Study, a cohort of 2868 children born between 1989 and 1992. Children whose mothers provided information on marijuana use during pregnancy were included. The primary outcome was the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF) at age 10. Secondary outcomes included the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL), McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular Development (MAND), Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM), Symbol Digit Modality Test (SDMT) and Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) scores. Exposed and unexposed children were matched by propensity score using optimal full matching. Missing covariate data were imputed using multiple imputation. Inverse probability of censoring weighting (IPCW) was used to adjust for missing outcome data. Linear regression within matched sets, adjusted by IPCW, evaluated score differences between exposed and unexposed children. As a secondary analysis, modified Poisson regression, adjusted by match weights and IPCW, evaluated the risk of clinical deficit in each outcome following PME.ResultsOf the 2804 children in this cohort, 285 (10.2%) had PME. After optimal full matching and IPCW, exposed children scored similarly on CELF Total (−0.33 points, 95% confidence interval [CI] −4.71, 4.05), Receptive (+0.65 points, 95% CI −4.08, 5.38) or Expressive (−0.53 points, 95% CI −5.07, 4.02). PME was not associated with secondary outcomes or risks of clinical deficit in any neuropsychological assessments.ConclusionsAfter adjusting for sociodemographic and clinical covariates, PME was not associated with worse neuropsychological test scores at age 10 or autistic traits at 19–20.
Funder
Raine Medical Research Foundation
University of Western Australia
Women and Infants Research Foundation
Curtin University of Technology
Murdoch University
Edith Cowan University
University of Notre Dame Australia
National Health and Medical Research Council
Subject
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health,Epidemiology
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