Khashan AS, Everard C, McCowan LM, Dekker G, Moss-Morris R, Baker PN, Poston L, Walker JJ, Kenny LC

2014

October

Psychological medicine

Second-trimester maternal distress increases the risk of small for gestational age.

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The effect of prenatal distress on the risk of a small for gestational age (SGA) infant is uncertain. We have addressed the influences of prenatal stress, anxiety and depression on the risk of SGA. We also examined the effects of infant sex and timing of distress during pregnancy on any observed associations.

10.1017/S0033291714000300