Effect of reducing caffeine intake on birth weight and length of gestation: randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the effect of reducing caffeine intake during pregnancy on birth weight and length of gestation.

Design

Randomised double blind controlled trial.

Setting

Denmark.

Participants

1207 pregnant women drinking at least three cups of coffee a day, recruited before 20 weeks' gestation.

Interventions

Caffeinated instant coffee (568 women) or decaffeinated instant coffee (629 women).

Main outcome measures

Birth weight and length of gestation.

Results

Data on birth weight were obtained for 1150 liveborn singletons and on length of gestation for 1153 liveborn singletons. No significant differences were found for mean birth weight or mean length of gestation between women in the decaffeinated coffee group (whose mean caffeine inta

SUBMITTER: Bech BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1804137 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature