- A study suggests that couples who drink more than two caffeinated beverages daily increase the risk of woman’s miscarriage
- The research also found out that daily multivitamin before conception plays a beneficial part in pregnancy
- Researchers analyzed the lifestyle factors among 344 couples from the weeks before they conceived through the seventh week of pregnancy
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study found out that couples who consume more caffeine-containing beverages have more risk of losing pregnancy than those who don’t.
Mai Peralta mentioned in her article for Parent Herald published on March 25 that the study conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggests that couples who drink more than two caffeinated beverages daily in the weeks before conception might increase the risk of woman’s miscarriage.
Researchers from the Ohio State University found out that women who drink more than two daily caffeinated beverages during the first seven weeks of pregnancy manifest an increased miscarriage risk.
The previous research derived similar results; however, caffeine was not singled out as a particular culprit.
“Our findings provide useful information for couples who are planning a pregnancy and who would like to minimize their risk of early pregnancy loss,” first study author Dr. Germaine Buck Louis said.
Louis is the director of the Division of Intramural Population Health Research at NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
The research also found out that daily multivitamins before conception plays a beneficial part as women who took it during early pregnancy were less likely to miscarry than women who did not.
An article by Rhodi Lee for Tech Times published on March 25 said that researchers analyzed the lifestyle factors among 344 couples from the weeks before they conceived through the seventh week of pregnancy.
Using a statistical concept called hazard ratio, the researchers found out that miscarriage was associated with females age 35 and above, and was about twice the miscarriage risk of younger women.
Male and female consumption of two caffeinated beverages daily was also linked with a heightened hazard ratio.
“Our findings also indicate that the male partner matters, too. Male preconception consumption of caffeinated beverages was just as strongly associated with pregnancy loss as females’,” Dr. Buck Louis said.
An article by Fox News published on March 25 said that the research also suggested a 55 percent reduction in risk for pregnancy loss among women who took a daily multivitamin during the preconception period.
The authors noted that previous studies have shown that increased vitamin B6 and folic acid intake can reduce miscarriage risk. Also, folic acid supplement in the weeks leading up to and after conception also has been recommended in reducing the risk of having a child with a neural tube defect.
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