Association of Maternal Caffeine Consumption During Pregnancy With Child Growth.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Greater caffeine consumption in pregnancy is associated with reduced birth size, but potential associations with childhood growth are unclear.

Objective

To evaluate the associations of pregnancy caffeine and paraxanthine measures with child growth in a contemporary cohort with low caffeine consumption and a historical cohort with high caffeine consumption.

Design, setting, and participants

The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes cohort of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Fetal Growth Studies (ECHO-FGS; 10 sites, 2009-2013) was a pregnancy cohort with 1 child measurement between ages 4 and 8 years (follow-up in 2017-2019). The Collaborative Perinatal Project (CPP) was a pregnancy cohort (12 sites, 1959-1965) with chi

SUBMITTER: Gleason JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9623443 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature