Thapar Anita, Rutter Michael
Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Aug;195(2):100-1. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.062828.
Many prenatal risk factors are known to have adverse consequences on fetal development and there is increasing interest in effects on the mental health of offspring. However, associations with prenatal risk factors may arise because of postnatal risk or through confounders, including inherited ones. As a result, caution is required in assuming causation.
许多产前风险因素已知会对胎儿发育产生不良后果,并且人们对其对后代心理健康的影响越来越感兴趣。然而,与产前风险因素的关联可能是由于产后风险或通过混杂因素(包括遗传因素)而产生的。因此,在假设因果关系时需要谨慎。