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Fish intake during pregnancy, fetal growth, and gestational length in 19 European birth cohort studies

Fish intake during pregnancy, fetal growth, and gestational length in 19 European birth cohort studies
Fish intake during pregnancy, fetal growth, and gestational length in 19 European birth cohort studies
Background: fish is a rich source of essential nutrients for fetal development, but in contrast, it is also a well-known route of exposure to environmental pollutants.

Objective: we assessed whether fish intake during pregnancy is associated with fetal growth and the length of gestation in a panel of European birth cohort studies.

Design: the study sample of 151,880 mother-child pairs was derived from 19 population-based European birth cohort studies. Individual data from cohorts were pooled and harmonized. Adjusted cohort-specific effect estimates were combined by using a random- and fixed-effects meta-analysis.

Results: women who ate fish >1 time/wk during pregnancy had lower risk of preterm birth than did women who rarely ate fish (?1 time/wk); the adjusted RR of fish intake >1 but <3 times/wk was 0.87 (95% CI: 0.82, 0.92), and for intake ?3 times/wk, the adjusted RR was 0.89 (95% CI: 0.84, 0.96). Women with a higher intake of fish during pregnancy gave birth to neonates with a higher birth weight by 8.9 g (95% CI: 3.3, 14.6 g) for >1 but <3 times/wk and 15.2 g (95% CI: 8.9, 21.5 g) for ?3 times/wk independent of gestational age. The association was greater in smokers and in overweight or obese women. Findings were consistent across cohorts.

Conclusion: this large, international study indicates that moderate fish intake during pregnancy is associated with lower risk of preterm birth and a small but significant increase in birth weight
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Leventakou, V., Roumeliotaki, T., Martinez, D., Barros, H., Brantsaeter, A.L., Casas, M., Charles, M.A., Cordier, S., Eggesbo, M., van Eljsden, M., Forastiere, F., Gehring, U., Govarts, E., Halldorsson, T.I., Hanke, W., Haugen, M., Heppe, D.H., Heude, B., Inskip, H.M., Jaddoe, V.W., Jansen, M., Kelleher, C., Meltzer, H.M., Merletti, F., Molto-Puigmarti, C., Mommers, M., Murcia, M., Oliveira, A., Olsen, S.F., Pele, F., Polanska, K., Porta, D., Richiardi, L., Robinson, S.M., Stigum, H., Strom, M, Sunyer, J., Thijs, C., Viljoen, K., Vrijkotte, T.G., Wijga, A.H., Kogevinas, M., Vrijheid, M. and Chatzi, L. (2014) Fish intake during pregnancy, fetal growth, and gestational length in 19 European birth cohort studies. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 99 (3), 506-516. (doi:10.3945/ajcn.113.067421). (PMID:24335057)

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Abstract

Background: fish is a rich source of essential nutrients for fetal development, but in contrast, it is also a well-known route of exposure to environmental pollutants.

Objective: we assessed whether fish intake during pregnancy is associated with fetal growth and the length of gestation in a panel of European birth cohort studies.

Design: the study sample of 151,880 mother-child pairs was derived from 19 population-based European birth cohort studies. Individual data from cohorts were pooled and harmonized. Adjusted cohort-specific effect estimates were combined by using a random- and fixed-effects meta-analysis.

Results: women who ate fish >1 time/wk during pregnancy had lower risk of preterm birth than did women who rarely ate fish (?1 time/wk); the adjusted RR of fish intake >1 but <3 times/wk was 0.87 (95% CI: 0.82, 0.92), and for intake ?3 times/wk, the adjusted RR was 0.89 (95% CI: 0.84, 0.96). Women with a higher intake of fish during pregnancy gave birth to neonates with a higher birth weight by 8.9 g (95% CI: 3.3, 14.6 g) for >1 but <3 times/wk and 15.2 g (95% CI: 8.9, 21.5 g) for ?3 times/wk independent of gestational age. The association was greater in smokers and in overweight or obese women. Findings were consistent across cohorts.

Conclusion: this large, international study indicates that moderate fish intake during pregnancy is associated with lower risk of preterm birth and a small but significant increase in birth weight

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Published date: March 2014
Organisations: Faculty of Medicine

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Local EPrints ID: 363031
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/363031
ISSN: 0002-9165
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ORCID for H.M. Inskip: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8897-1749
ORCID for S.M. Robinson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1766-7269

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Author: V. Leventakou
Author: T. Roumeliotaki
Author: D. Martinez
Author: H. Barros
Author: A.L. Brantsaeter
Author: M. Casas
Author: M.A. Charles
Author: S. Cordier
Author: M. Eggesbo
Author: M. van Eljsden
Author: F. Forastiere
Author: U. Gehring
Author: E. Govarts
Author: T.I. Halldorsson
Author: W. Hanke
Author: M. Haugen
Author: D.H. Heppe
Author: B. Heude
Author: H.M. Inskip ORCID iD
Author: V.W. Jaddoe
Author: M. Jansen
Author: C. Kelleher
Author: H.M. Meltzer
Author: F. Merletti
Author: C. Molto-Puigmarti
Author: M. Mommers
Author: M. Murcia
Author: A. Oliveira
Author: S.F. Olsen
Author: F. Pele
Author: K. Polanska
Author: D. Porta
Author: L. Richiardi
Author: S.M. Robinson ORCID iD
Author: H. Stigum
Author: M Strom
Author: J. Sunyer
Author: C. Thijs
Author: K. Viljoen
Author: T.G. Vrijkotte
Author: A.H. Wijga
Author: M. Kogevinas
Author: M. Vrijheid
Author: L. Chatzi

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