Effect of gene, environment and maternal depressive symptoms on pre-adolescence behavior problems – a longitudinal study

Chinese Medicine

Carl Göran Svedin³  Lars Oreland²  Linda DeKeyser¹  Gunilla Sydsjö¹  Marie Bladh¹  Erika Comasco²  Sara Agnafors³ 

[1] Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology IKE, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, S-581 85, Sweden;Division of Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, BMC, Box 593,, Uppsala, S-751 24, Sweden;Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, IKE, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, S-581 85, Sweden

关键词: SESBiC-study;    Longitudinal;    BDNF;    5-HTTLPR;    Depression;    Child;   

Others  :  791026
DOI  :  10.1186/1753-2000-7-10

 received in 2012-10-07, accepted in 2013-03-11,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Depression is a common and disabling condition with a high relapse frequency. Maternal mental health problems and experience of traumatic life events are known to increase the risk of behavior problems in children. Recently, genetic factors, in particular gene-by-environment interaction models, have been implicated to explain depressive etiology. However, results are inconclusive.

Methods

Study participants were members of the SESBiC-study. A total of 889 mothers and their children were followed during the child’s age of 3 months to 12 years. Information on maternal depressive symptoms was gathered postpartum and at a 12 year follow-up. Mothers reported on child behavior and traumatic life events experienced by the child at age 12. Saliva samples were obtained from children for analysis of 5-HTTLPR and BDNF Val66Met polymorphisms.

Results

Multivariate analysis showed a significant association between maternal symptoms of depression and anxiety, and internalizing problems in 12-year-old children (OR 5.72, 95% CI 3.30-9.91). Furthermore, carriers of two short alleles (s/s) of the 5-HTTLPR showed a more than 4-fold increased risk of internalizing problems at age 12 compared to l/l carriers (OR 4.73, 95% CI 2.14-10.48). No gene-by-environment interaction was found and neither depressive symptoms postpartum or traumatic experiences during childhood stayed significant in the final model.

Conclusions

Concurrent maternal symptoms of depression and anxiety are significant risk factors for behavior problems in children, which need to be taken into account in clinical practice. Furthermore, we found a main effect of 5-HTTLPR on internalizing symptoms in 12-year-old children, a finding that needs to be confirmed in future studies.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Agnafors et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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