Maternal depressive symptoms and stress during pregnancy as predictors of gestational age at birth and standardized body mass index from birth up to 2 years of age

• Main Authors: Janina Eichler (Author), Ricarda Schmidt (Author), Tanja Poulain (Author), Andreas Hiemisch (Author), Wieland Kiess (Author), Anja Hilbert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background While depressive symptoms and stress during pregnancy are known to affect gestational age and weight at birth, evidence on their impact on child anthropometric development in the long term remains limited, showing inconsistent effects. Importantly, previous research indicated a s...