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Comorbidity of asthma and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in childhood: causal, shared early-life risk factors, or shared genetic liability?
International journal of epidemiology - 17 Apr 2026
Talaei Mohammad, Pagoni Panagiota, Stergiakouli Evie, Shaheen Seif O
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BACKGROUND: The positive association between childhood asthma and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has not been adequately explained. We aimed to investigate whether it is causal or whether shared genetics and/or shared early-life risk factors explain the link. METHODS: We used a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) to test whether there is a causal relationship between asthma and ADHD. In the...
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