The Effects of Maternal Cigarette Smoking on Infant Anthropometric Measurements

"nBackground: The association between maternal smoking and poor pregnancy outcome, which is well established in medi­cal literature, has also been corroborated by the results of this study conducted in a Turkish hospital. Our objective was to investi­gate the effects...

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Main Authors: F Sahin Mutlu, U Ayranci, K Ozdamar, S Yazici
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Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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spelling doaj-05956f5035544feaa7916848a7df72462020-12-02T12:24:26ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Public Health2251-60852008-12-013746575The Effects of Maternal Cigarette Smoking on Infant Anthropometric MeasurementsF Sahin MutluU AyranciK OzdamarS Yazici"nBackground: The association between maternal smoking and poor pregnancy outcome, which is well established in medi­cal literature, has also been corroborated by the results of this study conducted in a Turkish hospital. Our objective was to investi­gate the effects of cigarette smoking during pregnancy on infant head circumference, height, weight, and body mass in­dex (BMI)."nMethods: In this retrospective study, the data was collected from the Medical Live Birth Registry in a maternity hospital with the largest capacity of births in a city of northwest Turkey during 2002."nResults: We found that 16.4% (1040/6332) of mothers investigated had smoked during their pregnancy, with a mean of 5 ciga­rettes per day. Head circumference, height, weight and BMI values of male infants whose mothers smoked were found to be less than those of infants whose mothers did not smoke (P> 0.05, for each one). Head circumference, height, weight and BMI values of female infants whose mothers smoked were less than those whose mothers did not smoke (P> 0.05, P< 0.01, P< 0.05 and P> 0.05, respectively). According to analysis of variance, infant head circumferences, heights and weights in all infants decreased as the rate of the mother's smoking increased (P> 0.05, P< 0.001 and P> 0.05, respec­tively)."nConclusions: The results support that maternal smoking during pregnancy was associated with a linear reduction of height meas­urement, and the infants appeared to be more susceptible to the growth retarding effects of cigarette smoking on height. Thus, if cessation-of-smoking programs are initiated before conception, many of the harmful effects of smoking on fe­tal growth might be prevented.http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/12382.pdf&manuscript_id=12382Growth retardationIntrauterine growthLow birth weightMaternal smokingTurkey
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U Ayranci
K Ozdamar
S Yazici
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U Ayranci
K Ozdamar
S Yazici
The Effects of Maternal Cigarette Smoking on Infant Anthropometric Measurements
Iranian Journal of Public Health
Growth retardation
Intrauterine growth
Low birth weight
Maternal smoking
Turkey
author_facet F Sahin Mutlu
U Ayranci
K Ozdamar
S Yazici
author_sort F Sahin Mutlu
title The Effects of Maternal Cigarette Smoking on Infant Anthropometric Measurements
title_short The Effects of Maternal Cigarette Smoking on Infant Anthropometric Measurements
title_full The Effects of Maternal Cigarette Smoking on Infant Anthropometric Measurements
title_fullStr The Effects of Maternal Cigarette Smoking on Infant Anthropometric Measurements
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Maternal Cigarette Smoking on Infant Anthropometric Measurements
title_sort effects of maternal cigarette smoking on infant anthropometric measurements
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Iranian Journal of Public Health
issn 2251-6085
publishDate 2008-12-01
description "nBackground: The association between maternal smoking and poor pregnancy outcome, which is well established in medi­cal literature, has also been corroborated by the results of this study conducted in a Turkish hospital. Our objective was to investi­gate the effects of cigarette smoking during pregnancy on infant head circumference, height, weight, and body mass in­dex (BMI)."nMethods: In this retrospective study, the data was collected from the Medical Live Birth Registry in a maternity hospital with the largest capacity of births in a city of northwest Turkey during 2002."nResults: We found that 16.4% (1040/6332) of mothers investigated had smoked during their pregnancy, with a mean of 5 ciga­rettes per day. Head circumference, height, weight and BMI values of male infants whose mothers smoked were found to be less than those of infants whose mothers did not smoke (P> 0.05, for each one). Head circumference, height, weight and BMI values of female infants whose mothers smoked were less than those whose mothers did not smoke (P> 0.05, P< 0.01, P< 0.05 and P> 0.05, respectively). According to analysis of variance, infant head circumferences, heights and weights in all infants decreased as the rate of the mother's smoking increased (P> 0.05, P< 0.001 and P> 0.05, respec­tively)."nConclusions: The results support that maternal smoking during pregnancy was associated with a linear reduction of height meas­urement, and the infants appeared to be more susceptible to the growth retarding effects of cigarette smoking on height. Thus, if cessation-of-smoking programs are initiated before conception, many of the harmful effects of smoking on fe­tal growth might be prevented.
topic Growth retardation
Intrauterine growth
Low birth weight
Maternal smoking
Turkey
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