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ReviewObstetric medicine2013

Effects of prenatal stress on pregnancy and human development: mechanisms and pathways.

Mary E Coussons-Read

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Review in Obstetric medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 210 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

210 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Experiences of Food Insecurity During Pregnancy in High-Income Countries: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026
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  20. Time-dependent association between prenatal hair glucocorticoid levels and child behavior problems.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Mary E Coussons-ReadThe University of Colorado, Colarado Springs and The Colorado School of Public Health, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A growing body of research shows that prenatal stress can have significant effects on pregnancy, maternal health and human development across the lifespan. These effects may occur directly through the influence of prenatal stress-related physiological changes on the developing fetus, or indirectly through the effects of prenatal stress on maternal health and pregnancy outcome which, in turn, affect infant health and development. Animal and human studies suggest that activation of the maternal stress response and resulting changes in endocrine and inflammatory activity play a role in the aetiology of these effects. Ongoing research is focusing on clarifying these mechanisms, understanding the role of racial and cultural factors in these effects, and examining the epigenetic and transgenerational influences of prenatal stress.

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developmentinflammationpregnancystress

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PMID27757157
PMCPMC5052760

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