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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 132, No. 3: 462-473
Copyright © 1990 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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RISK OF FEBRILE SEIZURES IN CHILDHOOD IN RELATION TO PRENATAL MATERNAL CIGARETTE SMOKING AND ALCOHOL INTAKE

P. A. CASSANO1,2,, T. D. KOEPSELL3 and J. R. FARWELL4

1Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington Seattle, WA
2Current address: Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University Ithaca, NY
3Departments of Epidemiology and Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington Seattle, WA
4Department of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, and Children's Hospital and Medical Center Seattle, WA

Reprint requests to Dr. P. A. Cassano, Division of Nutritional Sciences, 209 Savage Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

The case-control study of febrile seizures in childhood described here, comprising 472 case-control pairs in western Washington, was designed to investigate the importance of prenatal exposures as risk factors for febrile seizures and to determine the degree to which two clinical subtypes of febrile seizures (simple and complex) have different risk factors. Maternal cigarette smoking and alcohol intake during pregnancy were associated with the risk of a febrile seizure in the child. Prenatal maternal cigarette smoking was associated with a twofold increase in the risk of a simple febrile seizure (95% confidence interval 1.2–3.4), and a strong dose-response relation was found. This association could not be explained by maternal demographic variables, maternal alcohol intake, child's birth weight, or childhood medical history variables. Prenatal maternal alcohol intake was associated with a twofold increase in the risk of a complex febrile seizure (95% confidence interval 1.3–3.8), and a strong dose-response relation was present. This association could not be explained by maternal age, race, education, or cigarette smoking. These results suggest that curtailment of smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy, a measure already widely prescribed during pregnancy, may also be an effective means of preventing childhood febrile seizures.

alcohol drinking; convulsions, febrile; smoking


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