In a new paper published in the journal Alcohol Clinical & Experimental Research, a team led by Ludmila Bakhireva, a professor and assistant dean for clinical and translational research at the UNM College of Pharmacy, reported some sex-related differences in the effects of drinking during pregnancy on the developing baby.
“In exploratory analyses, the effect on gestational age was more pronounced in male infants, and for birth length, it actually was stronger in females,” Ludmila said. She cautioned that these effects should be interpreted with caution because of the study’s limited statistical power to conduct sex-specific analyses and the challenges of accounting for other contributing factors.
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