The relationship between maternal anxiety and cortisol during pregnancy and birth weight of chinese neonates

• Main Authors: Fenling Fan (Author), Yuliang Zou (Author), Yushun Zhang (Author), Xiancang Ma (Author), Junbo Zhang (Author), Cai Liu (Author), Jie Li (Author), Meili Pei (Author), Yu Jiang (Author), Anthony M. Dart (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To determine the relationship between maternal anxiety and cortisol values and birth weight at various stages of pregnancy. Methods Two hundred sixteen pregnant Chinese women were assessed for anxiety and depression and had measurement of morning fasting serum cortisol. Women wer...