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JOURNAL OF MATERNAL-FETAL & NEONATAL MEDICINE
Volume 25, Issue 6, Pages 860-863Publisher
INFORMA HEALTHCARE
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.587559
Keywords
alcohol; pregnancy; stillbirth; preterm delivery; binge drinking
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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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.
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