ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023
Chronic Stress in Pregnancy Is Associated with Low Birth Weight: A Meta-Analysis.
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- Specific Early Childhood Experiences Predict Executive Function Skills During Later Childhood and Adolescence: Evidence from the ECHO Cohort.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Exploring the impact of antenatal stress on maternal-fetal attachment in high-risk pregnancies: an explanatory sequential mixed methods approach.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Do maternal self-reported socio-demographic and green space characteristics influence neonatal birth weight? Evidence from Ghana.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2026Article
- Voting Restrictions and Increased Odds of Adverse Birth Outcomes in the US.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
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- Severe claw lesions in pregnant sows reduce prolificacy and increase litter heterogeneity.Porcine health management · 2025Article
- Psychological Vulnerability During Pregnancy and Its Obstetric Consequences: A Multidimensional Approach.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of prenatal depression, anxiety and stress on low birth weight: a retrospective case-control study in Karachi, Pakistan.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Association between three-timepoint maternal blood pressure trajectories during pregnancy and low birth weight: a longitudinal study based on NHANES 2005-2006.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Climate change, evolution, and reproductive health: The impact of water insecurity and heat stress on pregnancy and lactation.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2025Review
- Maternal Undernutrition Affects Fetal Thymus DNA Methylation, Gene Expression, and, Thereby, Metabolism and Immunopoiesis in Wagyu (Japanese Black) Cattle.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesChronic activation of the stress system has cumulative effects on the body, and it places individuals at risk for adverse health outcomes. Chronic stress has been assessed by health questionnaires in pregnancy. During the perinatal period, mothers experience increased physical and emotional demands. Chronic stress interferes with hormonal functions in mothers and infants. This meta-analysis studies the effect of maternal chronic stress during pregnancy, as assessed by established stress questionnaires, on the birth weight of their full-term infants. DESIGN AND
methodsAccording to our criteria and after research collection, we obtained 107 studies and we conducted two types of analyses: a logistic (N = 22,342) and linear regression analysis (N = 7431).
resultsOur results show that chronic stress is associated with a statistically significant risk of low birth weight (OR = 1.50, CI 95% = [1.13; 1.99],
conclusionsIncreased maternal chronic stress, as assessed by questionnaires, in pregnancy is associated with a low-birth-weight baby. The above meta-analysis indicates that maternal high chronic stress questionnaire scores could be used as a clinical tool in order to assess low-birth-weight risk.
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