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Here, we investigate associations between attainment of early-life language and motor development milestones and genetic liability to autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and schizophrenia.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291721003330_sec_a2\" sec-type=\"methods\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We use data from a genotyped sub-set (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 25699) of children in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). We calculate polygenic scores (PGS) for autism, ADHD, and schizophrenia and predict maternal reports of children's age at first walking, first words, and first sentences, motor delays (18 months), and language delays and a generalised measure of concerns about development (3 years). We use linear and probit regression models in a multi-group framework to test for sex differences.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291721003330_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We found that ADHD PGS were associated with earlier walking age (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      = \u22120.033,\n                      <jats:italic>\n                        p\n                        <jats:sub>adj<\/jats:sub>\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001) in both males and females. Additionally, autism PGS were associated with later walking (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.039,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>adj<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 0.006) in females only. No robust associations were observed for schizophrenia PGS or between any neurodevelopmental PGS and measures of language developmental milestone attainment.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291721003330_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Genetic liabilities for neurodevelopmental disorders show some specific associations with the age at which children first walk unsupported. Associations are small but robust and, in the case of autism PGS, differentiated by sex. 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