Prenatal caffeine exposure association with neurodevelopmental outcomes in 9-11 year-old children
Duration: 4 mins
Publication Date: 8 Sep 2021
Next Review Date: 8 Sep 2024
DOI: 10.13056/acamh.16885
Description
In this Video Abstract, Dr. Rui Zhang discusses her JCPP paper 'Prenatal caffeine exposure: association with neurodevelopmental outcomes in 9- to 11-year-old children'. Despite the widespread use of caffeine including consumption during pregnancy, the effect of prenatal caffeine exposure on child brain development and behavior is unclear. To address this, we used data from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study (n = 11,875 children aged 9–11 years from 22 sites across the United States). We explored the associations between prenatal caffeine exposure and various developmental outcomes including birth outcomes, physical health, behavior problems, cognition, substance use and brain structure in children, and evaluated dose effects.
Learning Objectives
1. Investigate childhood outcomes associated with prenatal caffeine exposure including birth outcomes, physical health, cognition, behaviour problems, substance use, and brain development.
2. Examine whether the recommended safe dose of caffeine consumption during pregnancy was associated with differences in brain structure and behaviour.
3. Explore parental characteristics associated with caffeine consumption during pregnancy and how they affect the association between prenatal caffeine exposure and childhood outcomes.
