Alcohol use in primiparous women older than 30 years of age: relation to infant development

Extract: The effects of maternal alcohol use on mental development, growth, and dysmorphogenesis was studied in a sample of 1-year-old infants born to elderly primiparous mothers. Alcohol intake was measured using Jessor's AA score and a simple count of maximum number of drinks consumed in one...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1986-09, Vol.78 (3), p.444-450
Main Authors: O'Connor, M.J, Brill, N.J, Sigman, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
AGE
Alcohol Drinking
Caffeine
Child Development - drug effects
EDAD
Educational Status
Female
FEMME
GESTACION
GESTATION
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intelligence Tests
Maternal Age
MATERNIDAD
MATERNITE
MUJERES
NUTRI
ONBOISSON ALCOOLISEE
Pharmaceutical Preparations - administration & dosage
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - psychology
Pregnancy, High-Risk
r)BEBIDAS ALCOHOLICAS
Smoking
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Summary:Extract: The effects of maternal alcohol use on mental development, growth, and dysmorphogenesis was studied in a sample of 1-year-old infants born to elderly primiparous mothers. Alcohol intake was measured using Jessor's AA score and a simple count of maximum number of drinks consumed in one day. Infant cognition was assessed using the Bayley Scale of Mental Development. Alcohol levels prior to, during, and following pregnancy were obtained. Alcohol intake was greatly reduced during pregnancy, returning to prepregnancy levels following birth. A significant linear relationship between drinking prior to pregnancy and infant mental development was found. The average mental development score of infants whose mothers consumed less than or equal to 3, 3.3 to 29.7, or greater than or equal to 30 mL (less than or equal to 0.10, 0.11 to 0.99, or greater than or equal to 1.0 average fluid ounces) of absolute alcohol per day was 115, 108, and 95, respectively. Maximum number of drinks consumed in a day related to physi0780cal anomalies. No alcohol measure was significantly correlated with condition at birth, postnatal illness, or growth parameters of height, weight, and head circumference at 1 year. Deficits found were less pronounced than those reported in infants with fetal alcohol syndrome.(aut
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.78.3.444