Cano Ibañez, NaomiMartinez Galiano, Juan MiguelAmezcua Prieto, CarmenOlmedo Requena, RocíoBueno Cavanillas, AuroraDelgado Rodríguez, Miguel2023-01-252023-01-252018-11-14ano Ibañez N, Martinez Galiano JM, Amezcua Prieto C, Olmedo Requena R, Bueno Cavanillas A, Delgado Rodríguez M. Meat and meat products intake in pregnancy and risk of small for gestational age infants. A case-control study. Nutr Hosp. 2019 Apr 10;36(2):405-411. English.http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13700Introduction: different diets during pregnancy might have an impact on the health as reflected by the birth weight of the newborn. The consumption of meat and meat products during pregnancy and its relationship with the newborn health status have been studied by several authors. The studies carried out show inconsistent results. Objective: to analyse the association between maternal dietary intake of meat and meat products and the risk of small for gestational age (SGA) newborn. Methods: a matched case-control study of 518 cases and controls of pregnant women was performed in Spain. Cases were women with a SGA newborn. Data about demographic characteristics and diet were collected. Meat consumption was gathered through a validated food frequency questionnaire. Meat and meat products intakes were categorized in quintiles (Q1-Q5).The association between maternal meat and meat product intakes and SGA was assessed by logistic regression models with adjustment for confounding factors. Results: an intake of meat products above 6.8 g/day was associated with a lower risk of SGA delivery (OR = 0.7; 95% CI, 0.53-0.93) after adjusting for smoking, body mass index, previous preterm-low birth weight, newborn gender and adherence to Mediterranean diet. Conclusions: meat consumption was not associated with SGA, whereas meat products showed a moderate protective relationship.enAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Pequeño para su edad gestacional. Nutrición materna. Carne. Productos cárnicos. Embarazo.AdultCase-Control StudiesFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, Small for Gestational AgeMeatMeat ProductsPregnancyPregnant WomenRiskRisk FactorsSocioeconomic Factorsresearch article30864457open accessConducta alimentariaEstudios de casos y controlesConducta alimentariaFactores socioeconómicosFactores de riesgoMujeres embarazadasProductos de la carneRecién nacido pequeño para la edad gestacional10.20960/nh.23661699-5198https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.2366