Study: Prenatal Cannabis Use and Maternal Pregnancy Outcomes
In this study, published in Jama Network, researchers, including PHI’s Lynn Silver, studied a cohort of pregnancies to find out whether prenatal cannabis use was associated with maternal health outcomes during pregnancy.
- Lynn Silver, MD, MPH, FAAP
- Kelly C. Young-Wolff, PhD, MPH
Sara R. Adams, MPH
Stacey E. Alexeeff, PhD
Yeyi Zhu, PhD
Edwin Chojolan, MPH
Natalie E. Slama, MPH
Monique B. Does, MPH
Deborah Ansley, MD
Carley L. Castellanos, LMFT
Lyndsay A. Avalos, PhD
Rates of prenatal cannabis use in the US have increased in recent years. Many studies have evaluated whether in-utero cannabis exposure is associated with fetal and neonatal outcomes, yet little is known about whether prenatal cannabis use is associated with maternal health outcomes during pregnancy.
In the study “Prenatal Cannabis Use and Maternal Pregnancy Outcomes,” published in JAMA Network, researchers, including PHI’s Lynn Silver, studied a cohort of 316,722 pregnancies to find out whether prenatal cannabis use was associated with maternal health outcomes during pregnancy.
read the studyAbstract
Importance
Many studies have evaluated whether in utero cannabis exposure is associated with fetal and neonatal outcomes, yet little is known about whether prenatal cannabis use is associated with maternal health outcomes during pregnancy.
Objective
To evaluate whether prenatal cannabis use is associated with maternal health outcomes during pregnancy.
Conclusions and Relevance
The results of this cohort study suggest that prenatal cannabis use was associated with several adverse maternal health outcomes during pregnancy. Continued research is needed to understand whether characteristics of prenatal cannabis use (eg, dose, mode, and timing) moderate these associations.
Originally published by JAMA Network
Additional Contributors
- Kelly C. Young-Wolff, PhD, MPH
- Edwin Chojolan, MPH
- Natalie E. Slama, MPH
- Monique B. Does, MPH
- Lyndsay A. Avalos, PhD
- Deborah Ansley, MD
- Carley L. Castellanos, LMFT
- Yeyi Zhu, PhD
- Sara R. Adams, MPH
- Stacey E. Alexeeff, PhD
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