By InvitationNot Applicable

Air Pollution and Development in the Boricua Youth Study

United States182 participantsStarted 2023-01-23

Plain-language summary

This study seeks to understand the relationship between prenatal maternal air pollution exposure and offspring risk for ADHD and examine two potential -modifiable- mechanisms: prenatal maternal inflammation and offspring sleep problems. We will employ a longitudinal neuroimaging study design and leverage a well-characterized intergenerational cohort of Puerto Ricans to address prior literature's limitations. This will be the first study to use infant neuroimaging to disassociate the effects of prenatal pollution exposure from those of postnatal pollution exposure, adversity and disadvantage, and offspring genetic risk for ADHD.

Who can participate

Age range6 Months – 11 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Having been enrolled in the BYS-ECHO birth cohort (parent study). * Speaks English or Spanish. * Having a parent that is eligible to participate, based on criterial detailed below, and agrees to participation. * One parent must speak English or Spanish. Exclusion Criteria: * Having serious neurological disorder, excluding ASD (e.g., seizure disorder). * MRI contraindications (irremovable metal in body like braces, pacemakers). * Claustrophobia. * Having a parent that is not competent to consent (e.g., severe intellectual disability would have triggered exclusion) or under 18 years of age.

What they're measuring

Frontal lobe and corpus callosum volumes

Timeframe: Children will be scanned either at 6-36 months or 6-11 years of age, depending on when the participants are enrolled.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05368493

SponsorNew York State Psychiatric Institute

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2028-06-01