SIDS risk higher in mothers who drink during pregnancy
5th March 2013
By Staff writer
Australian researchers analysed the health records of more than 21,840 children born to mothers with an alcohol-use disorder and compared them to more than 56,050 children born to healthy mothers.
Among the cohort, 303 infants died of SIDS and 598 died from other causes.
Maternal alcohol-use disorder may account for nearly 17% of SIDS deaths and 3–4% of infant deaths not classified as SIDS, suggesting early identification and intervention may be another avenue for SIDS prevention, the authors said.
Pediatrics 2013; online 26 Feb