Maternal marijuana use has independent effects on risk for spontaneous preterm birth but not other common late pregnancy complications
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2016-04-30
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Leemaqz, Shalem Y.
Dekker, Gustaaf A.
McCowan, Lesley M.
Kenny, Louise C.
Myers, Jenny E.
Simpson, Nigel A. B.
Poston, Lucilla
Roberts, Claire T.
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Elsevier
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Widespread legalisation of marijuana raises safety concerns for its use in pregnancy. This study investigated the association of marijuana use prior to and during pregnancy with pregnancy outcomes in a prospective cohort of 5588 nulliparous women from the international SCOPE study. Women were assessed at 15 ± 1 and 20 ± 1 weeks’ gestation. Cases [278 Preeclampsia, 470 gestational hypertension, 633 small-for-gestational-age, 236 spontaneous preterm births (SPTB), 143 gestational diabetes] were compared separately with 4114 non-cases. Although the numbers are small, continued maternal marijuana use at 20 weeks’ gestation was associated with SPTB independent of cigarette smoking status [adj OR 2.28 (95% CI:1.45–3.59)] and socioeconomic index (SEI) [adj OR 2.17 (95% CI:1.41–3.34)]. When adjusted for maternal age, cigarette smoking, alcohol and SEI, continued maternal marijuana use at 20 weeks’ gestation had a greater effect size [adj OR 5.44 (95% CI 2.44–12.11)]. Our data indicate that increasing use of marijuana among young women of reproductive age is a major public health concern.
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Marijuana , Smoking , BMI , Pregnancy outcome , Spontaneous preterm birth
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Leemaqz, S. Y., Dekker, G. A., McCowan, L. M., Kenny, L. C., Myers, J. E., Simpson, N. A. B., Poston, L. and Roberts, C. T. (2016) 'Maternal marijuana use has independent effects on risk for spontaneous preterm birth but not other common late pregnancy complications', Reproductive Toxicology, 62, pp. 77-86. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2016.04.021