| View Larger Image | Prenatal cortisol, prematurity and low birthweight [An article from: Infant Behavior and Development] | Digitalby T. Field (Author), M. Hernandez-Reif (Author), M. Diego (Author), Figueiredo (Author)
| List Price: | $7.95 | | | Available: | Available for download now |
| | Binding: | Digital | | Publisher: | Elsevier | | Page Count: | 7 Pages | | Publication Date: | April 01, 2006 |
|
EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
This digital document is a journal article from Infant Behavior and Development, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: 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. |
|
![Prenatal cortisol, prematurity and low birthweight [An article from: Infant Behavior and Development]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418Y2JE5Q6L._SL160_.jpg)
