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The Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Use on the Growth of Children at Three Years of Age
Author(s) -
Day N.L.,
Robles N.,
Richardson G.,
Geva D.,
Taylor P.,
Scher M.,
Stoffer D.,
Cornelius M.,
Goldschmidt L.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1991.tb00519.x
Subject(s) - prenatal alcohol exposure , alcohol , medicine , developmental psychology , psychology , pediatrics , biology , biochemistry
In this prospective study of substance use during pregnancy, women were interviewed in their 4th and 7th prenatal months, and women and children were assessed at 24 hr, 8, 18, and 36 months post‐partum. Data are presented on the outcome of 519 children at age 3. At 3 years, children who were exposed prenatally to alcohol were smaller in weight, length, and head circumference. They also had an increased number of minor physical anomalies. These effects were found even after controlling for nutritional and environmental factors. The persistence of growth effects at age 3 suggests that children exposed to alcohol prenatally may have a diminished capacity for growth.