CROSS-SECTIONAL GROWTH OF CHILDREN WHOSE MOTHERS ABUSED AMPHETAMINES DURING PREGNANCY

Growth of 65 children whose mothers were addicted to amphetamines duri ng pregnancy was followed prospectively from birth to eight years of a ge. At birth, one and four years of age, mean weight, height and head circumference were below the mean for Swedish children and significant ly so in girls. A statistically significant correlation was found in b oth sexes between impaired growth and social factors such as stress in dex, increasing number of siblings, length of maternal cohabitation an d abuse in maternal relatives.