Parental education and the risk of cerebral palsy for children: an evaluation of causality.
Ingeborg ForthunRolv Terje LieKatrine Strandberg-LarsenMagne Haugland SolheimDag MosterAllen J WilcoxLaust Hvas MortensenMette C TollånesPublished in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2020)
Children of higher-educated parents had significantly lower odds of cerebral palsy (CP). There was no evidence of difference in risk of CP within first cousins whose mothers or fathers had different educational levels. Association between parental education and odds of CP did not reflect a causal effect.