| Literature DB >> 3210110 |
Abstract
A prospective study was conducted to determine the effects of maternal smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy on the birth weight of fetuses in an unselected study population. Several confounding factors were taken into account. The main factors associated with an increase of birth weight of both sexes were gestational age at birth and parity. Both maternal smoking and maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy had the effect of decreasing the birth weight of female fetuses, whereas smoking, but not alcohol, had a decreasing effect on birth weight of male and female fetuses.Entities:
Keywords: Alcohol Drinking--side effects; Behavior; Biology; Birth Weight; Body Weight; Correlation Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Europe; Finland; Low Birth Weight--determinants; Northern Europe; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Scandinavia; Sex Factors; Smoking--side effects; Social Behavior; Statistical Studies; Studies
Mesh：
Year: 1988 PMID： 3210110 DOI： 10.1515/jpme.1988.16.3.249
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Perinat Med ISSN： 0300-5577 Impact factor: 1.901