'Drink link' to premature birth

BBC 01/21/2009 01:26

Doctors say women who drink heavily early in a pregnancy - possibly before they know they are pregnant - may be raising the risk of premature delivery.

A study of 4,719 Australian women found almost an 80% higher risk for women who drank heavily in the first third of pregnancy, then stopped.

However, experts warned it was possible the results were a "statistical quirk".

The BJOG journal study found no evidence of problems for women who drank low levels throughout pregnancy.

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