Commentary on: "Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy is associated with birth weight but not with gestational length: results from a large prospective observational cohort study".

Hollins Martin, Caroline J

Abstract

Implications for practice and research

The findings support that maternal coffee consumption is associated with marginally increased gestational length, decreased birth weight, but not preterm delivery.


Future research is required to confirm cause and effects.

Citation

Hollins Martin, C. J. (2014). Commentary on: "Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy is associated with birth weight but not with gestational length: results from a large prospective observational cohort study". Evidence-Based Nursing, 17, 106. https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2013-101683

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Dec 18, 2014
• Deposit Date: Aug 5, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 5, 2015
• Print ISSN: 1367-6539
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-9618
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 17
• Pages: 106
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2013-101683
• Keywords: Caffeine; pregnancy; gestational period
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8936
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/eb-2013-101683