Cannabis Exposure and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Related to Placental Function.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cannabis use is increasing among reproductive-age individuals and the risks associated with cannabis exposure during pregnancy remain uncertain.

Objective

To evaluate the association between maternal cannabis use and adverse pregnancy outcomes known to be related to placental function.

Design, setting, and participants

Ancillary analysis of nulliparous individuals treated at 8 US medical centers with stored urine samples and abstracted pregnancy outcome data available. Participants in the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-to-Be cohort were recruited from 2010 through 2013; the drug assays and analyses for this ancillary project were completed from June 2020 through April 2023.

Exposure

Cannabis exposure was ascertained by urine

SUBMITTER: Metz TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10716715 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature