Maternal intake of pesticide residues from fruits and vegetables in relation to fetal growth.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the associations of maternal intake of fruits and vegetables (FVs), considering pesticide residue levels, with fetal growth.

Methods

We studied 1777 mothers (1275 white, 502 non-white) and their infants from Project Viva, a prospective pre-birth cohort (1999-2002). We categorized FVs as containing high or low pesticide residues using data from the US Department of Agriculture. We then used a food frequency questionnaire to estimate each participant's intake of high and low pesticide residue FVs in the first and second trimester. The primary outcomes were small-for-gestational-age (SGA; <10th percentile in birth-weight-for-gestational-age), large-for-gestational-age (LGA; ≥10th percentile in birth-weight-for-gestational-age) and preterm birth (gestationa

SUBMITTER: Chiu YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6169789 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature