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Record W4406882284 · doi:10.1007/s00787-025-02645-5

The association between maternal diabetes and the risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in offspring: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

2025· article· en· W4406882284 on OpenAlexaboutno aff
Yitayish Damtie, Berihun Assefa Dachew, Getinet Ayano, Abay Woday Tadesse, Kim Betts, Rosa Alati

Bibliographic record

VenueEuropean Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersCurtin University of Technology
KeywordsMeta-analysisGestational diabetesMedicineAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderOffspringCINAHLCohort studyObservational studyDiabetes mellitusMEDLINEPediatricsPsychiatryPsychological interventionPregnancyInternal medicineEndocrinologyGestation

Abstract

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Mixed results have been reported regarding the link between different types of maternal diabetes and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in offspring. Hence, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore these associations. Relevant studies on the subject were retrieved from six major databases, including PubMed, Medline, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL, and PsychINFO. The methodological quality of the included studies was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, and between-study heterogeneity was assessed using the I2 statistic. Subgroup, sensitivity, and meta-regression analyses were conducted to identify the sources of heterogeneity between studies. In total, seventeen observational studies (five case-control and twelve cohort studies) with 18,063,336 study participants were included in the final analysis. Our random-effects meta-analysis revealed that exposure to any form of maternal diabetes was associated with an increased risk of ADHD in children. Specifically, we observed a heightened risk of ADHD in children exposed to gestational diabetes mellitus, any pre-existing diabetes, pre-existing type 1 diabetes mellitus, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Our study suggests that children exposed to diabetes during prenatal development are at a higher risk of developing ADHD. These findings underscore the critical importance of early screening and timely interventions for exposed offspring.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.013
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.036
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Meta-analysis · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.013
Threshold uncertainty score0.069

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0130.036
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0020.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0130.027
Bibliometrics0.0080.009
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0030.002
Open science0.0020.001
Research integrity0.0020.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.015
GPT teacher head0.274
Teacher spread0.259 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designMeta-analysis
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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