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Prenatal cortisol, prematurity and low birthweight.

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Field, T; Hernandez-Reif, M; Diego, M; Figueiredo, B; Schanberg, S; Kuhn, C
Published in: Infant Behav Dev
April 2006

Three hundred depressed pregnant women were recruited at approximately 20 weeks gestation. They were then divided by a median split into high and low urinary cortisol level groups. The high cortisol group had higher CES-D depression scores and higher inhibition (BIS) scores prenatally. Their fetuses had smaller head circumference, abdominal circumference, biparietal diameter and fetal weight. The high cortisol group neonates were shorter gestational age and lower birthweight and they had lower Brazelton habituation and higher Brazelton reflex scores. Discriminant function analyses suggested that cortisol levels more accurately classified short gestation and low birthweight groups than CES-D depression scores.

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Infant Behav Dev

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EISSN

1934-8800

Publication Date

April 2006

Volume

29

Issue

2

Start / End Page

268 / 275

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Pregnancy
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Infant, Premature
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Low Birth Weight
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Humans
  • Fetal Development
  • Female
 

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Field, T., Hernandez-Reif, M., Diego, M., Figueiredo, B., Schanberg, S., & Kuhn, C. (2006). Prenatal cortisol, prematurity and low birthweight. Infant Behav Dev, 29(2), 268–275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2005.12.010
Field, Tiffany, Maria Hernandez-Reif, Miguel Diego, Barbara Figueiredo, Saul Schanberg, and Cynthia Kuhn. “Prenatal cortisol, prematurity and low birthweight.Infant Behav Dev 29, no. 2 (April 2006): 268–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2005.12.010.
Field T, Hernandez-Reif M, Diego M, Figueiredo B, Schanberg S, Kuhn C. Prenatal cortisol, prematurity and low birthweight. Infant Behav Dev. 2006 Apr;29(2):268–75.
Field, Tiffany, et al. “Prenatal cortisol, prematurity and low birthweight.Infant Behav Dev, vol. 29, no. 2, Apr. 2006, pp. 268–75. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2005.12.010.
Field T, Hernandez-Reif M, Diego M, Figueiredo B, Schanberg S, Kuhn C. Prenatal cortisol, prematurity and low birthweight. Infant Behav Dev. 2006 Apr;29(2):268–275.

Published In

Infant Behav Dev

DOI

EISSN

1934-8800

Publication Date

April 2006

Volume

29

Issue

2

Start / End Page

268 / 275

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Pregnancy
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Infant, Premature
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Low Birth Weight
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Humans
  • Fetal Development
  • Female