title: Cigarette, alcohol, and coffee consumption and prematurity.
abstract: We analyzed data from a survey of occupational and other factors in pregnancy to assess the effects of cigarette, alcohol, and coffee consumption on pregnancy outcome. The risk of low birth weight for gestational age was found to increase substantially with smoking. Occasional consumers of alcohol had a slightly reduced risk relative to total abstainers. In more frequent drinkers, there was a small increase in risk. Risk increased slightly with coffee consumption.
authors.affiliation: School of Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sloan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology; D001722:Birth Order; D001724:Birth Weight; D003069:Coffee / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003625:Data Collection; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011792:Quebec / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D003069:Coffee