Caffeine intake and pregnancy outcomes: a meta-analytic review

cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-311x1998000300009en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archive
cg.issn0102-311Xen
cg.issue3en
cg.journalCadernos de Saúde Públicaen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume14en
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Ina S.en
dc.contributor.authorVictora, Cesar G.en
dc.contributor.authorHuttly, Sharon R. A.en
dc.contributor.authorMorris, Saul Sutkoveren
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:57:05Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:57:05Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/170547
dc.titleCaffeine intake and pregnancy outcomes: a meta-analytic reviewen
dcterms.abstractEpidemiological publications on the relationship of caffeine to birth weight and duration of human pregnancy, from 1966 to 1995, were searched through Medline. Each study was treated as the stratification variable, and its weight in the weighted average was proportional to the inverse of its variance. Twenty-six studies were located. Among the twenty-two studies on birth weight, eleven were on mean birth weight, nine on low birth weight (LBW), and four on intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). Combined analysis of mean birth weigh study results showed a significant decrease in birth weight of nearly 43g among newborns of the heaviest caffeine-consuming mothers. LBW, IUGR, and preterm delivery displayed significant homogeneity in the test results, indicating that a pooled estimate should not be taken as an adequate measure. The high heterogeneity of the available literature on the effects of caffeine on LBW, IUGR, and preterm delivery prevents estimation of reliable pooled estimates through meta-analysis. Further assessment of caffeine intake during pregnancy is needed in future research.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSantos, Ina S.; Victora, Cesar G.; Huttly, Sharon R. A.; Morris, Saul Sutkover. 1998. Caffeine intake and pregnancy outcomes: a meta-analytic review. Cadernos de Saúde Pública 14(3) July- Sept. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-311X1998000300009en
dcterms.extentpp. 523-530en
dcterms.issued1998-07
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO)en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/2609en
dcterms.subjectcaffeineen
dcterms.subjectpregnancyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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