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Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and risk of stillbirth and preterm delivery

Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: We prospectively identified 96 women consuming at least 4 drinks/day during pregnancy by screening 9628 pregnant women. In these women with heavy prenatal alcohol use, there were three stillbirths and one preterm delivery; 98 matched nondrinking women had no stillbirths and two preterm births. Preterm rates did not differ significantly. The stillbirth rate was higher in the exposed group (p = 0.06). Additional investigation showed the stillbirth rate in the exposed population (3.1%) was significantly higher (p = 0.019) than the reported Chilean population rate (0.45%). Our data suggest that heavy alcohol consumption may increase the risk for stillbirth but not preterm delivery.
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.587559
Authors: Joshua Cornman-Homonoff, Devon Kuehn, Sofía Aros, Tonia C. Carter, Mary R. Conley, James Troendle, Fernando Cassorla, James L. Mills
Institutions: National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Hospital San Borja Arriarán, University of Chile, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2147791648
FWCI: 1.669
Cites: 10
Cited by: 34
Related to: 10