Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Association Between Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Alcohol Intake During Pregnancy: Multisite Retrospective Cohort Study.
Sarah Soyeon OhSangMin KimBada KangJewel ParkSeung Hee LeeSeung Hoon KimIchiro KawachiPublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2023)
The risk of delivering a baby with FAS was comparable among White, Black, and AI/AN women at similar levels of drinking during pregnancy. Regardless of race, a 1-gram increase in AAC resulted in increased odds of giving birth to a baby with facial anomalies or deficient brain growth.