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Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Quantification of Social Behavior in Adult Rats
Published on: December 14, 2014
Correlates of prenatal alcohol use
Laurie L Meschke1, Wendy Hellerstedt, Joyce A Holl
1Child and Adolescent Development Program, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, HHS, SCI 394, San Francisco, CA, 94132, USA. lmeschke@sfsu.edu
Objective:
S: To identify correlates of prenatal alcohol use in a statewide population-based sample.
Methods:
A self-reported survey was conducted in 67 prenatal clinics in Minnesota with 4,272 women at their first prenatal visit. Chi-squared and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify risk markers associated with any prenatal alcohol use.
Results:
Nearly 27% of the respondents were calculated as having used alcohol during pregnancy. In multivariable analyses, the following were risk markers for prenatal alcohol use: older age, being unmarried, lower gravidity, greater depressed mood, currently smoking, exposure to intrapersonal violence, a history of not remembering things because of alcohol use, and feelings that the respondent should reduce her drinking. Subsequent analyses revealed that the association of intrapersonal violence with prenatal drinking was mediated by whether the woman reported that she did not remember things while drinking or that the woman felt she should reduce her drinking.
Conclusions:
The demographic and behavioral correlates reported here are consistent with previous research. The significance of two alcohol behavioral factors (i.e., not remembering things and feeling that she should reduce her drinking) suggest that the women who drank during pregnancy would likely have substance abuse issues.
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