ArticleArchives of gynecology and obstetrics2015
Impact of maternal and paternal preconception health on birth outcomes using prospective couples' data in Add Health.
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- Unlocking the Path to Healthier Families: The Untapped Potential of Men's Preconception Health.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2024Article
- Unveiling the hidden risk: paternal smoking and alcohol exposure prior to conception as independent factors for allergic rhinitis in children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Men's knowledge of preconception health: A systematic review.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Review
- Adverse Birth and Child Outcomes in Children Fathered by Men Treated with Antidiabetics Prior to Conception: A Nationwide Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The safety of paternal and maternal use of 5-aminosalicylic acid during conception and pregnancy: a nationwide cohort study.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2022Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and health status of childbearing age young women regarding preconception health - an Italian survey.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2022Article
- Association between paternal pre-pregnancy body mass index with preterm birth and low birth weight.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Lifetime cardiovascular risk factors and maternal and offspring birth outcomes: Bogalusa Babies.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeRetrospective studies of preconception health have demonstrated that parents' health conditions and behaviors can impact a newborn's birth outcomes and, subsequently, future health status. This study sought to examine the impact of preconception health, measured prospectively, among both mothers and fathers, on two important birth outcomes: birthweight and gestational age.
methodsData came from Add Health (the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health), which included interviews with original participants and a subsample of their partners in 2001-02. In 2008, the original respondents again completed an interview for Add Health. For 372 eligible infants born to these couples, birth outcomes (measured in 2008) were regressed on preconception health conditions and behaviors among non-pregnant heterosexual partners (measured in 2001-02).
resultsMean birthweight was 3,399 g, and mean gestational age was 39 weeks. Birthweight was higher for infants born to mothers with diabetes or high blood pressure, and for mothers who drank alcohol at least once per month, and lower for infants born to fathers with diabetes (p < 0.05). Infant gestational age was marginally lower for infants born to mothers with higher levels of depression (p < 0.10), and lower for infants born to fathers with diabetes and with higher levels of fast food consumption (p < 0.05).
conclusionsBoth maternal and paternal preconception health conditions and behaviors influenced infant birth outcomes. Interventions to promote preconception health should focus on prevention of diabetes and high blood pressure, as well as minimizing consumption of alcohol and fast food.
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