Maternal stressful life events prior to conception and the impact on infant birth weight in the United States
| Autor: | Erika R. Cheng, Fathima Wakeel, Kara Mandell, Debanjana Chatterjee, Whitney P. Witt, Lauren E. Wisk, Kristin Litzelman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Pediatrics Longitudinal study Research and Practice Psychological intervention Reproductive health and childbirth Low Birth Weight and Health of the Newborn Medical and Health Sciences Pregnancy Infant Mortality Medicine Infant Very Low Birth Weight Birth Weight 2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment Early childhood Young adult Aetiology Pediatric Life events Female Public Health medicine.symptom social and economic factors Adult medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Birth weight Life Change Events Young Adult Clinical Research Preterm 2.3 Psychological Humans Conditions Affecting the Embryonic and Fetal Periods business.industry Very Low Birth Weight Prevention Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Low Birth Weight Infant Infant Low Birth Weight Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period medicine.disease United States Low birth weight Good Health and Well Being business Demography |
| Zdroj: | American journal of public health, vol 104 Suppl 1, iss Suppl 1 American journal of public health, vol 104 Suppl 1, iss S1 Witt, Whitney P; Cheng, Erika R; Wisk, Lauren E; Litzelman, Kristin; Chatterjee, Debanjana; Mandell, Kara; et al.(2014). Maternal stressful life events prior to conception and the impact on infant birth weight in the United States.. American journal of public health, 104 Suppl 1(S1), S81-S89. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301544. UCLA: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3938j1nw |
| Popis: | Objectives. We sought to determine if and to what extent a woman’s exposure to stressful life events prior to conception (PSLEs) were associated with subsequent infant birth weight by using a nationally representative sample of US women. Methods. We examined 9350 mothers and infants participating in the first wave of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort in 2001. Weighted regressions estimated the effect of exposure on very low and low birth weight, adjusting for maternal sociodemographic and health factors and stress during pregnancy. Results. Twenty percent of women experienced any PSLE. In adjusted analyses, exposed women were 38% more likely to have a very low birth weight infant than nonexposed women. Furthermore, the accumulation of PSLEs was associated with reduced infant birth weight. Conclusions. This was the first nationally representative study to our knowledge to investigate the impact of PSLEs on very low and low birth weight in the United States. Interventions aimed to improve birth outcomes will need to shift the clinical practice paradigm upstream to the preconception period to reduce women’s exposure to stress over the life course and improve the long-term health of children. |
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