Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: O'Connor TG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3686987 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
O'Connor Thomas G TG Winter Marcia A MA Hunn Julianne J Carnahan Jennifer J Pressman Eva K EK Glover Vivette V Robertson-Blackmore Emma E Moynihan Jan A JA Lee F Eun-Hyung FE Caserta Mary T MT
Brain, behavior, and immunity 20130221
Prenatal anxiety has been linked with altered immune function in offspring in animal studies, but the relevance for human health is unknown. We examined prenatal maternal anxiety as a predictor of adaptive immunity in infants at 2 and 6 months of age as part of a prospective longitudinal study. The humoral immune response to hepatitis B vaccine was assessed at 2 months (n=80) and 6 months (n=76) of age. Prenatal anxiety predicted lower hepatitis B antibody titers at 6 months of age independent o ...[more]