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Lack of support may increase pregnant woman’s biological
Low socio economic status during childhood and poor family social support appear to prematurely age pregnant women on a cellular level, potentially raising the risk for complications, a new study has found.
New York: Low socio economic status during childhood and poor family social support appear to prematurely age pregnant women on a cellular level, potentially raising the risk for complications, a new study has found.
For the study, the researchers examined blood from pregnant women to evaluate the length of telomeres -- structures at the end of chromosomes that are used by scientists as a measure of biological (as opposed to chronological) age.
Shorter telomeres mean an older cellular age. The researchers also asked the participants about stressors, including low socioeconomic status and trauma during their childhood and current social support. The findings published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology showed that women who reported low socioeconomic status as kids and who struggled with family support as adults were biologically older, as indicated by shorter telomeres.
"Access to support, care and resources is so important to expectant moms," said the study's senior author Lisa Christian, researcher in Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in the US.
This study did not examine birth outcomes, but prompted the researchers to wonder if this rapid biological ageing could put a woman at greater risk of premature delivery, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and other problems Previous research already has established worse birth outcomes in women with psychosocial risk factors.
