Omeprazole as a risk factor for campylobacter gastroenteritis: case-control study: Table 1

Abstract

quence of impaired uterine or ovarian development during the mother's own fetal life.34One observational study cannot form the basis for changing dietary recommendations to pregnant women.The differing relations of nutrient intakes in early and late pregnancy to placental and fetal growth need replication in other studies.Our findings, how- ever, do parallel those of experimental studies in sheep in which high nutrient intakes in early pregnancy have been shown to suppress placental and fetal growth.We thank the mothers who gave us their time; the staff on the antenatal clinic, labour ward, and postnatal ward for their considerable assistance in the study; Mr T Wheeler and Professor E J Thomas for their guidance and for allowing us to include their patients; and Mr D Howe for advice and for performing ultrasound scans.The fieldwork was carried out by