Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST XTjgR0xl. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. To evaluate the possible effects of maternal smoking and caffeine or coffee consumption on the occurrence of a recognized pregnancy with Down syndrome, the authors analyzed data from a case-control study of 997 liveborn infants or fetuses with Down syndrome ascertained in California from 1991 to 1993 and 1,007 liveborn controls without a birth defect. Interviews with mothers covered demographic information, pregnancy, and medical history, with detailed questions on the use of tobacco, alcohol, and caffeinated beverages. All analyses were age-adjusted. High alcohol consumption (>=4 drinks/week) in the first month of pregnancy was associated with reduced risk for a recognized Down syndrome conceptus (odds ratio (OR)=0.54 ; 95% confidence interval (CI) : 0.34,0.85). Maternal smoking during the periconceptional period was not associated with risk of recognized Down syndrome (OR=1.04 ; 95% Cl : 0.79,1.37), but maternal consumption of four or more cups of coffee per day was inversely associated (OR=0.63 ; 95% CI : 0.41,0.96). In multivariate analysis, a significant interaction between coffee drinking and smoking was observed. The inverse association remained only for nonsmoking mothers who drank four or more cups of coffee per day (OR=0.48 ; 95% CI : 0.28,0.82). These results suggest that among nonsmoking mothers, high coffee consumption is more likely to reduce the viability of a Down syndrome conceptus than that of a normal conceptus.
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