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. 2012 Jun;25(6):860-3.
doi: 10.3109/14767058.2011.587559. Epub 2011 Jul 5.

Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and risk of stillbirth and preterm delivery

Joshua Cornman-Homonoff  1 , Devon Kuehn, Sofía Aros, Tonia C Carter, Mary R Conley, James Troendle, Fernando Cassorla, James L Mills
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Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and risk of stillbirth and preterm delivery

Joshua Cornman-Homonoff et al. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2012 Jun.

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.

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