Timing of probiotic milk consumption during pregnancy and effects on the incidence of preeclampsia and preterm delivery: a prospective observational cohort study in Norway.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether the timing of probiotic milk intake before, during early or late pregnancy influences associations with preeclampsia and preterm delivery. DESIGN:Population based prospective cohort study. SETTING:Norway, between 1999 and 2008. PARTICIPANTS:70 149 singleton pregnancies resulting in live-born babies from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (no chronic disease, answered questionnaires, no placenta previa/cerclage/serious malformation of fetus, first enrolment pregnancy). Only nulliparous women (n=37 050) were included in the preeclampsia analysis. Both iatrogenic and spontaneous preterm delivery (between gestational weeks 22+0 and 36+6) with spontaneous term controls (between gestational weeks 39+0 and 40+6) were included in the preterm delivery anal

SUBMITTER: Nordqvist M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5780685 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature