Maternal pre- and postnatal depression and anxiety: Impacts on childhood asthma and its phenotypes
Maternal depressive and anxiety disorders were associated with offspring asthma, varying by phenotype and timing. The postnatal effect was significant, suggesting independent associations and possibly distinct pathways in child respiratory morbidity.
Authors
- Marika Leppänen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7948-8533)
- Max Karukivi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8478-3051)
- Minna Lukkarinen
- Päivi Rautava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2795-1327)
- Bernd Pape
- Eetu P Kanerva
Institutions
- University of Turku (FI)
- Turku University Hospital (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Published
- 2026-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2026.112610
- Primary Topic
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00