ArticleThe Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS2014
The Effect of Second-Hand Smoke Exposure during Pregnancy on the Newborn Weight in Malaysia.
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- Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behaviors Related to Secondhand Smoke and Smoking in the Home: A Qualitative Study With Men in Malaysia.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Active or passive maternal smoking increases the risk of low birth weight or preterm delivery: Benefits of cessation and tobacco control policies.Tobacco induced diseases · 2023Review
- Association between secondhand smoke exposure in pregnant women and their socioeconomic status and its interaction with age: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Association between maternal smoke exposure and congenital heart defects from a case-control study in China.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Fetal growth restriction, low birth weight, and preterm birth: Effects of active or passive smoking evaluated by maternal expired CO at delivery, impacts of cessation at different trimesters.Tobacco induced diseases · 2022Article
- Inadequate Gestational Weight Gain and Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke during Pregnancy Increase the Risk of Low Birth Weight: A Cross-Sectional Study among Full-Term Infants.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Association between secondhand smoke exposure at home and cognitive performance among rural primary school children in Malaysia.Tobacco induced diseases · 2021Article
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- Profile of Reported Alcohol, Tobacco, and Recreational Drug Use in Nulliparous Women.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Observational
- The association between secondhand smoke exposure and growth outcomes of children: A systematic literature review.Tobacco induced diseases · 2020Review
- Prenatal Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Correlation Between Nicotine in Umbilical Cord Blood and Neonatal Anthropometry.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2019Article
- High Maternal Circulating Cotinine During Pregnancy is Associated With Persistently Shorter Stature From Birth to Five Years in an Asian Cohort.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Article
- Risk factors for low birth weight among rural and urban Malaysian women.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Comparison of Knowledge about Smoking and Passive Smoking and Urinary Cotinine Levels in Pregnant Women and their Partners in Mongolia: A Cross-sectional Study.Asian/Pacific Island nursing journal · 2019Article
- Herbal medicine use by pregnant women in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Article
- Social determinants of smoke exposure during pregnancy: Findings from waves 1 & 2 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- Children Deserve Smoke Free World.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundThere was strong evidence from studies conducted in developed countries that second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure is detrimental to the birth weight of newborn. This study was conducted to determine the effect of exposure to SHS smoke during pregnancy on the weight of newborns.
methodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted. The exposed group consists of 209 postnatal women who experienced SHS exposure at home because of a husband or other housemate who smoked inside the house throughout the pregnancy. The non-exposed group included 211 women who did not experience SHS exposure at home or at work during pregnancy. We excluded non-Malay ethnicity, multiple births, and congenital defects.
resultsThere was a significant difference in the adjusted mean birth weight between exposed infants [2893.0 g (95% confidence interval (CI): 2781.3, 3004.7)] and not exposed infants to SHS [3046.1 g (95% CI 2929.5, 3162.6) (P < 0.001)] after controlling for significant maternal factors. There was a 12.9 g (95% CI: 7.01, 18.96) reduction in birth weight for a corresponding increase in the exposure to the smoke of one cigarette (P < 0.001). The incidence of low birth weight (LBW) was higher in exposed women, [10% (95% CI: 5.94, 14.06)] compared to non-exposed women [4.7% (95% CI: 1.85, 7.55)].
conclusionThis study found a significant association between SHS exposure during pregnancy and decreased birth weight.
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