Alcohol and tobacco in pregnancy increase 12 times the risk of infant death in sleep

Babies born of mothers who consumed alcohol and tobacco during pregnancy have a 12 -fold adult risk of Sids than babies who were not exposed to these substances during pregnancy or were exposed only during the first quarter. This is the result of a study supported by the National Institutes of Health (American Health) and published in the group Lancet's online magazine.

Synergic Effect

The Nih study now explains how the risk of sudden sleep death is affected by both the time researchers found that children of mothers who used alcohol and tobacco during pregnancy have an increased 12 times of SIDs in comparison with children who were not exposed to these substances or who were exposed during the first quarter, either by the amount of pre-atal exposure to tobacco and alcohol, as well as by the combination of two substances: the results suggest that combined exposures have an effect of the Sid risk.

Large - scale Study

Research was conducted between 2007 and 2015 in two residential areas in South Africa, Cape Toa, and in five areas of the United States selected for high infant deaths and also use of alcohol during pregnancy.

Among the estimated 12,000 pregnancies, 28 cases of infant death have occurred, and analyzing the clinical history of mothers, the risk proved to be twelve times greater if women were to drink and smoke. “This is the first possible large-scale study that aims to study closely the connection between the pre-funding exposure to alcohol and tobacco and the risk of Sids explains the first Amy Elliott author from the Avera Health Center for Pedical and Community Studies at Seaux Falls, South Dakota and our findings suggest that the combined exposure to alcohol and tobacco is accompanied by a substantial risk higher than the exposure to just one of them. ”

The study also found that infant death prospects increase five times if mothers smoke only after the first quarter and four times if they only drink alcohol.