Table 5. Overview of the evidence for involved prenatal environmental factors.
Prenatalenvironmentalfactors | Population | Method | Outcomes | Reference |
Prenatal alcoholexposure | Pregnantwomen | Interview,tests | Increased risk for conduct disorder | [6] |
Nicotine | Pregnantwomen | Interview,arrest history | Dose-response relationship between useduring pregnancy and violence | [6], [55] |
Nutrition | Pregnantwomen | Follow-up ofoffspring | Nutritional deficits during the first twotrimesters had children with antisocialpersonality disorder more often | [32], [66] |
Birthcomplication | Pregnantwomen | Follow-up ofoffspring | Anoxia, preeclampsia and forceps deliverylead to increased risk for antisocial andcriminal behaviour through braindysfunction | [6], [32] |