Hep B / Mercury Vaccinated Boys More Susceptible to Disabilities

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Hep B / Mercury Vaccinated Boys More Susceptible to Disabilities

" Hepatitis B Triple Series Vaccine And Developmental Disability In US

Children Aged 1-9 Years "

Authors: Carolyn Gallagher a; Melody Goodman a, Affiliation: a

Graduate Program in Public Health, Stony Brook University, Medical

Center, Health Sciences Center, New York, USA

Published in: Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, Volume

90, Issue 5 September 2008 , pages 997 - 1008 is.gd/8rYy

Abstract

This study investigated the association between vaccination with

the Hepatitis B triple series vaccine prior to 2000 and developmental

disability in children aged 1-9 years (n = 1824), proxied by parental

report that their child receives early intervention or special

education services (EIS).

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2000 data

were analyzed and adjusted for survey design by Linearization

using SAS version 9.1 software, with SAS callable SUDAAN version

9.0.1. The odds of receiving EIS were approximately nine times as

great for vaccinated boys (n = 46) as for unvaccinated boys (n = 7),

after adjustment for confounders.

This study found statistically significant evidence to suggest

that boys in United States who were vaccinated with the triple series

Hepatitis B vaccine, during the time period in which vaccines were

manufactured with thimerosal, were more susceptible to developmental

disability than were unvaccinated boys.