ArticleAmerican journal of public health1994
Prenatal alcohol exposure, birthweight, and measures of child size from birth to age 14 years.
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- Predictors of drinking during pregnancy: a systematic review.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2011Pooled it
- Systematic review of the fetal effects of prenatal binge-drinking.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2007Pooled it
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Canadian guidelines for diagnosis.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2005Guideline
- Fetal alcohol-related growth restriction from birth through young adulthood and moderating effects of maternal prepregnancy weight.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2013Trial
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- Maternal alcohol intakes before and during pregnancy: Impact on the mother and infant outcome to 18 months.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2020Article
- Binge Drinking and Intergenerational Implications: Parental Preconception Alcohol Impacts Offspring Development in Rats.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2018Article
- Does prenatal alcohol exposure cause a metabolic syndrome? (Non-)evidence from a mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.PloS one · 2018Article
- Abnormal Eating Behaviors Are Common in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.The Journal of pediatrics · 2016Article
- The Impact of Prenatal Ethanol Exposure on Neuroanatomical and Behavioral Development in Mice.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2016Article
- Relationships between Head Circumference, Brain Volume and Cognition in Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure.PloS one · 2016Article
- Prenatal and childhood growth, and hospitalization for alcohol use disorders in adulthood: the Helsinki birth cohort study.PloS one · 2014Article
- Effects of heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and iron deficiency anemia on child growth and body composition through age 9 years.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2012Article
- Head circumference at birth and exposure to tobacco, alcohol and illegal drugs during early pregnancy.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2012Article
- Alcohol, smoking, and drug use among Inuit women of childbearing age during pregnancy and the risk to children.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2011Article
- Potential latent effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on growth and the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease in childhood.Progress in pediatric cardiology · 2011Article
- The health and cognitive growth of Latino toddlers: at risk or immigrant paradox?Maternal and child health journal · 2009Article
- Does religiosity affect health risk behaviors in pregnant and postpartum women?Maternal and child health journal · 2009Article
- Potential role of the placenta in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.Paediatric drugs · 2009Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of the study was to examine the effect of prenatal alcohol exposure on offspring's weight, height, and head circumference from birth through 14 years of age.
methodsThis longitudinal prospective study examined a cohort of approximately 500 offspring (oversampled for heavier drinkers and stratified for smoking from a population of 1529 women in prenatal care at the 5th gestational month) at birth; 8 and 18 months; and 4, 7, and 14 years of age. Covariates were examined by means of multiple regression. Birth size measures were also examined as predictors of 7-year neurodevelopmental outcomes.
resultsEffects of alcohol were observed on weight, length, and head circumference at birth; these effects were not altered by adjustment for covariates including smoking. However, the birthweight effect is clearly transient: although alcohol effects remained observable at 8 months, they were not measurable thereafter through age 14 years.
conclusionsIn this population-based sample, neither birthweight nor any later size measure was as useful an indicator of the enduring effects of prenatal alcohol exposure as were certain neurodevelopmental outcomes.
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