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Chunk #13 — Method — Diagnostic Interviews and Substance Use Assessment — Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy

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Mothers' maximum drinks ever consumed in 24 hours predicts mental health problems in adolescent offspring.
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A question on the SAM asks how much women drank per occasion in an average week during pregnancy. This was dichotomized to reflect whether women drank regularly (weekly) while pregnant. A second question asks about the largest amount consumed at any time during pregnancy, which served as a measure of drinking density, analogous to our measure of maximum consumption. We used a log transformation in analyses to compensate for its positive skew.