Associations Between Maternal Periconceptional Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Craniosynostosis Among Offspring, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–2011
We observed primarily null associations between maternal periconceptional alcohol consumption and craniosynostosis. However, our findings do not diminish the prevailing clinical guidance in the United States that pregnant people should abstain from alcohol consumption.
Authors
- Melissa Tracy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3209-0197)
- Ethylin Wang Jabs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8983-5466)
- Sarah C. Fisher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4702-1007)
- Paul A. Romitti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5393-9984)
- Marilyn L. Browne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1872-2787)
- Meredith M. Howley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8420-5040)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- New York State Department of Health (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- University at Albany, State University of New York (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Birth Defects Research
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bdr2.2420
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.55
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention