Genetic Meta-Analysis: Risk for ADHD is Higher When a Child’s Parent Has ADHD

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Genetic Meta-Analysis: Risk for ADHD is Higher When a Child’s Parent Has ADHD
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This probably isn't a surprise to many! But the findings may encourage clinicians to more closely monitor vulnerable high-risk children and to offer more targeted early interventions to help the children, and their parents, too.

) have an increased risk of developing ADHD compared to children of neurotypical parents, according to a systematic literature review and meta-analysis published in theThis new paper confirms previous research regarding the genetic underpinnings of ADHD, and its hereditary nature.

a child whose father had ADHD was 2.67 times more likely to develop ADHD than was a child whose father did not have ADHDhigh-risk presented with the most impaired social adjustment and psychiatric comorbidity compared to non-high-risk children with ADHD or control children, compared to just 2% of first born children of mothers without ADHD

The meta-analysis of the four studies revealed that overall heterogeneity was high and significant, which could suggest that these studies were not estimating a common prevalence. No significant bias was found using the Egger method for assessing publication bias. These findings may encourage clinicians to more closely monitor vulnerable high-risk children and to offer more targeted early interventions to help the children, and their parents, too.Uchida, M., Driscoll, H., DiSalvo, M., Rajalakshmim, A., Maiello, M., Spera, V., & Biederman, J. . Assessing the Magnitude of Risk for ADHD in Offspring of Parents with ADHD: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis.

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