Association between preconception maternal stress and offspring birth weight: findings from an Australian longitudinal data linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Examine the relationship between preconception stress and offspring birth weight.

Setting

Population-based cohort study linked with state-based administrative perinatal data.

Participants

6100 births from 3622 women from the 1973-1978 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health who (1) recorded a singleton birth between January 1997 and December 2011; (2) returned at least one follow-up survey within 3 years of conception; and (3) had complete data on perceived stress prior to conception.

Primary outcome measures

Linear generalised estimating equations were used to examine the relationship between preconception stress and a continuous measure of birth weight, exploring differences based on birth order and stress chronicity. The minim

SUBMITTER: Harris ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7942266 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature