Malinga ndi kafukufuku watsopano woperekedwa ndi National Institutes of Health (NIH), pakhoza kukhala kugwirizana pakati pa zinthu zina panthawi yomwe mayi ali ndi pakati, monga kunenepa kwambiri ndi matenda a shuga a gestational, ndi makhalidwe okhudzana ndi Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) paubwana.
Kafukufukuyu anaphatikizapo anthu pafupifupi 7,000 ochokera ku 40 NIH Environmental influences pamagulu a Child Health Outcomes (ECHO). Magulu asanu ndi atatu mwa maguluwa adaphatikiza omwe adatenga nawo gawo omwe ali ndi mwayi wowonjezereka wa ASD. Ofufuza adasonkhanitsa zambiri zokhudzana ndi thanzi la amayi panthawi yomwe ali ndi pakati, machitidwe okhudzana ndi autism a ana, komanso chiwerengero cha anthu omwe akutenga nawo mbali.
Kafukufukuyu adawonetsa kuti kunenepa kwambiri kwa amayi ndi matenda a shuga a gestational amalumikizidwa ndi zisonyezo zamakhalidwe okhudzana ndi autism. Ofufuza sanawone kuwonjezeka kwa makhalidwe amenewa kwa ana a amayi omwe ali ndi preeclampsia kapena gestational hypertension. Panalibe umboni wamphamvu wosonyeza kuti makhalidwe okhudzana ndi ASD anali okhudzana ndi kubadwa kwa mwana asanakwane kapena kulemera kochepa, zomwe zimakhala zovuta zomwe zimakhalapo panthawi ya mimba.
Phunzirani zambiri za kafukufukuyu kudzera munkhani yolumikizana nayo.
"Kufufuza momwe kuwonekera, zochitika zaumoyo, ndi ziwopsezo zimayenderana ndi kugawikana kwathunthu kwa zotsatira kungatithandize kudziwa zambiri za momwe maubwenziwa amakhudzira anthu," adatero Kristen Lyall, ScD wa Drexel University.
Dr. Lyall ndi Christine Ladd-Acosta, PhD wa yunivesite ya Johns Hopkins, onse ndi ofufuza a ECHO Program ndipo adatsogolera ntchito yogwirizanayi. Kafukufuku wawo adasindikizidwa mu American Journal of Epidemiology.
"Zotsatira zathu zikuwonetsa kufunikira kwa chisamaliro chabwino cha usana ndi kuyang'anitsitsa amayi omwe akukumana ndi zovuta monga kunenepa kwambiri pa nthawi ya mimba," adatero Dr. Ladd-Acosta.