Maternal Prenatal Depressive Symptoms and Fetal Growth During the Critical Rapid Growth Stage.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Fetal growth in the critical rapid growth stage (CRGS) before delivery, approximately between 30 to 37 gestational weeks, carries significant implications for subsequent overweight, obesity, and arterial health. Previous evidence has demonstrated the association between maternal depressive symptoms and fetal growth trajectories from early to late pregnancy, but there remains limited understanding of the association of these symptoms with the longitudinal fetal growth change within the CRGS.

Objective

To investigate the association between maternal depressive symptoms and fetal growth during the CRGS before delivery.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective birth cohort study was conducted from January 2018 to December 2020. Volunteer pregnant wome

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10696489 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature