Journal article
Prenatal alcohol exposure and infant gross motor development: A prospective cohort study
D Hutchinson, GJ Youssef, C McCormack, J Wilson, S Allsop, J Najman, E Elliott, L Burns, S Jacobs, I Honan, L Rossen, H Fiedler, S Teague, J Ryan, CA Olsson, RP Mattick
BMC Pediatrics | BMC | Published : 2019
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Abstract
Background: Maternal alcohol consumption in pregnancy may have adverse effects on child gross motor (GM) development. There have been few human studies on this topic, particularly ones examining low exposure. This study examined the association between prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and infant GM development at 12-months of age. Methods: Participants were 1324 women recruited from antenatal clinics in Sydney and Perth, Australia. Maternal and paternal alcohol use was assessed in pregnancy via interview; offspring GM development was measured at 12-months with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID-III). Results: Any alcohol use in pregnancy was common: 56.1%, of pregnant women drank e..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The research was funded by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant #GNT630517 for $2,196,179 to Richard P Mattick, Delyse Hutchinson, Steve Allsop, Jake Najman, Elizabeth Elliott, Lucinda Burns, Sue Jacobs, Craig Olsson and Anne Bartu, and was financially supported by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), University of New South Wales (UNSW). The cohort is led by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Australia, and the Drug Research Institute (NDRI) at Curtin University, in collaboration with Deakin University, Sydney University, the University of Queensland, the University of Christchurch, and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. NDARC and the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI), Curtin University of Technology are funded by the Australian Government under the Substance Misuse Prevention and Service Improvements Grants Fund. The study has also been supported by Australian Rotary Health (ARH; 2012-2013) the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE; 2010-2011), and the Financial Markets Foundation for Children (Australia) (2015-2016). Additionally, PhD candidates on the project have been funded through ARH; the NDARC Education Trust (NET) and the Australian Centre for Perinatal Science and NDARC, UNSW. EE is supported by an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship #1021480; CAO is financially supported by an Australian Research Council Principal Research Fellowship; and, RPM is financially supported by an NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship Award from the NHMRC.