Association between maternal tea consumption in pregnancy and birth outcomes

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between maternal tea consumption and birth outcomes. From January 2005 to December 2010, pregnant women were recruited from Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital. The basic information and the situation of tea consumption during pregnan...

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Published inZhōnghuá yùfáng-yīxué zázhì Vol. 52; no. 10; p. 1013
Main Authors Yang, J, Chen, M J, Wang, X X, Sun, X, Wang, X, Wang, X R, Xia, Y K
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 06.10.2018
Subjects
Female
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
Tea - adverse effects
Tea
Pregnant women
Cohort studies
Birth weight
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between maternal tea consumption and birth outcomes. From January 2005 to December 2010, pregnant women were recruited from Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital. The basic information and the situation of tea consumption during pregnancy were investigated using questionnaire and the birth outcomes of newborns were followed up. Finally, 500 pairs of mothers and infants with complete and standard-compliant data were included in the analysis. The differences of birth outcomes between the tea consumption group and the non tea consumption group were compared and the associations between tea consumption and birth outcomes were analyzed using multivariate logistic regression. Mother's tea consumption rate was 32.8% (164 cases) during pregnancy. The rate of low birth weight in the tea consumption group was (5.5%, 9 cases) and higher than that in the non-tea consumption group (2.1%, 7 cases) ( 0.042). There was no significant difference in the rate of pr
ISSN:0253-9624