Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol, Tobacco, and Coffee: Associated Congenital Complications and Adverse Birth Outcomes

Sarah Soyeon Oh, Sunwha Park, Young-Ah You, Yongho Jee, AbuZar Ansari, Soo Min Kim, Gain Lee and Young Ju Kim
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Sarah Soyeon Oh: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Center, Ewha Institute of Convergence Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mokdong Hospital, Seoul 07985, Korea
Sunwha Park: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Center, Ewha Institute of Convergence Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mokdong Hospital, Seoul 07985, Korea
Young-Ah You: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Center, Ewha Institute of Convergence Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mokdong Hospital, Seoul 07985, Korea
Yongho Jee: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Center, Ewha Institute of Convergence Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mokdong Hospital, Seoul 07985, Korea
AbuZar Ansari: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Center, Ewha Institute of Convergence Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mokdong Hospital, Seoul 07985, Korea
Soo Min Kim: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Center, Ewha Institute of Convergence Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mokdong Hospital, Seoul 07985, Korea
Gain Lee: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Center, Ewha Institute of Convergence Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mokdong Hospital, Seoul 07985, Korea
Young Ju Kim: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Center, Ewha Institute of Convergence Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mokdong Hospital, Seoul 07985, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 6, 1-8

Abstract: A few studies to date have examined the association between prenatal exposure to alcohol, tobacco, and coffee, and congenital complications/adverse birth outcomes among South Korean populations. Thus, this study analyzed the data of 1675 Korean women with birth experience within the last 3 years for pregnancy-related health and nutritional behaviors and relative outcomes. During their pregnancies, 11.58% of the study population consumed alcohol at least once, 1.43% drank throughout all three trimesters, 1.13% smoked, 25.43% were exposed to secondhand smoking, and 28.18% consumed 3 coffees or more every day. Prenatal alcohol exposure was associated with 11.24 times increased risk of birth defects/disabilities [Odds Ratio (OR): 11.24, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 1.07–117.86] and 10.66 times increased risk of inherited metabolic diseases (OR: 10.66, 95% CI: 1.08–104.82). Prenatal secondhand smoke exposure (OR: 1.62, 95% CI: 1.01–2.62) and coffee consumption (OR: 1.92, 95% CI: 1.22–3.03) was associated with increased risk of low birth weight. Such results were in alignment with that of previous studies and confirmed that prenatal alcohol, tobacco, and coffee exposure can have detrimental neonatal and maternal consequences.

Keywords: fetal programming; prenatal alcohol exposure; prenatal tobacco exposure; birth complications; maternal malnutrition; adverse birth outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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