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Liu XC, Strodl E, Wu CA, Huang LH, Yin XN, Wen GM, Sun DL, Xian DX, Chen WQ. Critical window for the association between prenatal environmental tobacco smoke exposure and preterm birth. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 212:113427. [PMID: 35561826 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2022] [Revised: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Although environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is considered to be a severe public health problem and a modifiable risk factor for preterm birth (PTB), we still lack a comprehensive understanding of the PTB risk associated with trimester-specific prenatal ETS exposure. This study aimed to examine the accumulation of risk across trimester ETS exposure and the critical window of the association between maternal ETS exposure during pregnancy and PTB. A total of 63,038 mother-child pairs were involved in the analysis of the 2017 survey of Longhua Child Cohort Study. Information about socio-demographic characteristics, prenatal ETS exposure, and birth outcomes were collected using a self-report questionnaire. A series of logistic regression models were employed to assess the associations between prenatal ETS exposure and PTB. We found that maternal ETS exposure during pregnancy significantly increased the risk of PTB and this association increased with both the average level of daily ETS exposure and the number of trimesters of ETS exposure. Moreover, mothers who were initially exposed to ETS in the 1st trimester of pregnancy had significant higher risk of PTB (OR = 1.34, 95% CI: 1.25-1.44). Furthermore, mothers exposed to ETS in the 1st trimester only (OR = 1.26, 95%CI: 1.04-1.50), in both 1st and 2nd trimester (OR = 1.35, 95%CI: 1.08-1.67) and throughout pregnancy (OR = 1.35, 95%CI: 1.24-1.46) experienced a significantly high risk of PTB. Prenatal maternal ETS exposure during only the 2nd trimester also resulted in a high risk of PTB with marginal significance (OR = 1.33, 95% CI:0.78-2.13). To conclude, the 1st and early 2nd trimester might be the critical window for prenatal ETS exposure causing PTB.
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- Xin-Chen Liu
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Women's and Children's Hospital of Longhua District of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Women's and Children's Hospital of Longhua District of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Women's and Children's Hospital of Longhua District of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Women's and Children's Hospital of Longhua District of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Women's and Children's Hospital of Longhua District of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; School of Health, Xinhua College of Guangzhou, China.
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Passively inhaled tobacco smoke - pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in correlation with placental histopathology. Placenta 2021; 112:23-27. [PMID: 34243117 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2021.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION We aimed to investigate the effect of maternal passive smoking (MPS) during pregnancy-on placental pathology and pregnancy outcomes. METHODS A prospective case-control study. We recruited low-risk laboring women at 37+0-41 + 0 weeks between 9/2019-7/2020. MPS was defined as exposure to in-house spouse tobacco smoking of >20 cigarettes/day in the absence of maternal active-smoking. In attempt to "purify" the effect of MPS on placental pathology-we excluded cases with preeclampsia, diabetes, suspected fetal growth restriction (FGR), preterm labor, and illicit drug use. Maternal characteristics, pregnancy outcomes, and placental pathology were compared between the MPS group and a control group matched for gestational age, maternal age, and delivery date. Placental lesions were classified according to the "Amsterdam" criteria. The study was powered to detect a 33% difference in placental malperfusion lesions. Multivariable regression was performed to identify independent associations with placental malperfusion lesions. RESULTS In labor, the MPS group (n = 115) had higher rates of meconium stained amniotic fluid (MSAF, p < 0.001) and non-reassuring fetal heart-rate (NRFHR,p = 0.006), compared to controls (n = 115). Neonates in the MPS group had higher rates of undiagnosed FGR (p = 0.01) and NICU admissions (p = 0.004). The MPS group had higher rates of placental-hypoplasia (p = 0.02) and fetal vascular malperfusion (FVM) lesions (p = 0.04). In regression analysis MPS was associated with FVM lesions independent of background confounders (aOR = 1.24 95% CI 1.10-2.65). DISCUSSION In otherwise low-risk pregnancies, MPS was associated with higher rates of MSAF, NRFHR, undiagnosed FGR, and NICU admissions, probably mediated via placental FVM. These worrisome findings mandate patient counseling and further investigation in larger population-based studies.
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Preterm birth and secondhand smoking during pregnancy: A case-control study from Vietnam. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0240289. [PMID: 33027283 PMCID: PMC7540896 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background The relationship between women who are exposed to secondhand smoke and preterm birth is still controversial. The present study aimed to examine the association between maternal secondhand smoking (SHS) during pregnancy and preterm birth. Methods A 1:1 case-control study was conducted at delivery room of The Women’s and Children’s Hospital of An Giang, Vietnam. A total of 288 cases of preterm birth and 288 controls included in this study. A structured questionnaire in a face-to-face interview was used to assess SHS and potential confounders (maternal age, body mass index, occupation, education level, parity, antenatal care visits, history of preterm birth, prenatal bleeding and preeclampsia/eclampsia). Results SHS was reported more frequently by women who delivered preterm babies compared with women of term deliveries (67.4% vs. 51.0%; P <0.001). After controlling all potential confounders, multivariable logistic regression analysis showed a relationship between SHS during pregnancy and preterm delivery (adjusted Odds ratio: 1.92; 95% CI 1.31, 2.81) Conclusions Our findings suggest that exposure to household tobacco smoke during pregnancy is associated with preterm birth.
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Oh K, Xu Y, Terrizzi BF, Lanphear B, Chen A, Kalkbrenner AE, Yolton K. Associations Between Early Low-Level Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Executive Function at Age 8 Years. J Pediatr 2020; 221:174-180.e1. [PMID: 31955878 PMCID: PMC7249348 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.11.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether exposure to tobacco smoke during early brain development is linked with later problems in behavior and executive function. STUDY DESIGN We studied 239 children in a prospective birth cohort. We measured tobacco exposures by caregiver report and serum cotinine 3 times during pregnancy and 4 times during childhood. We used linear regression to examine the association between prenatal and childhood serum cotinine concentrations and behavior (the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2) and executive function (the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function) at age 8 years while adjusting for important covariates. RESULTS Neither prenatal nor child serum cotinine were associated with behavior problems measured by the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2. On the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, prenatal and childhood exposure was associated with poorer task initiation scores (B = 0.44; 95% CI, 0.03-0.85 and B = 0.69, 95% CI, 0.06-1.32 respectively). Additionally, in a subset of 208 children with nonsmoking mothers, prenatal exposure was associated with task initiation scores (B = 1.17; 95% CI, 0.47-1.87) and additional components of the metacognition index (eg, working memory, B = 1.20; 95% CI, 0.34-2.06), but not components of the behavioral regulation index. CONCLUSIONS Tobacco exposures during pregnancy (including low-level second-hand smoke) and childhood were associated with deficits in some domains of children's executive function, especially task initiation and metacognition. These results highlight that decreasing early exposure to tobacco smoke, even second-hand exposure, may support ideal brain functioning.
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- Karin Oh
- Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH.
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- British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute and Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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- Zilber School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
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- Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH; Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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Cui H, Gong TT, Liu CX, Wu QJ. Associations between Passive Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy and Preterm Birth: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0147848. [PMID: 26808045 PMCID: PMC4726502 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Previous studies investigating the relationship between passive maternal smoking and preterm birth reveal inconsistent results. We conducted the current meta-analysis of observational studies to evaluate the relationship between passive maternal smoking and preterm birth. We identified relevant studies by searching PubMed, EMBASE, and ISI Web of Science databases. We used random-effects models to estimate summary odds ratios (SORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for aforementioned association. For the analysis, we included 24 studies that involved a total of 5607 women who experienced preterm birth. Overall, the SORs of preterm birth for women who were ever exposed to passive smoking versus women who had never been exposed to passive smoking at any place and at home were 1.20 (95%CI = 1.07-1.34,I(2) = 36.1%) and 1.16 (95%CI = 1.04-1.30,I(2) = 4.4%), respectively. When we conducted a stratified analysis according to study design, the risk estimate was slightly weaker in cohort studies (SOR = 1.10, 95%CI = 1.00-1.21,n = 16) than in cross-sectional studies (SOR = 1.47, 95%CI = 1.23-1.74,n = 5). Additionally, the associations between passive maternal smoking and preterm birth were statistically significant for studies conducted in Asia (SOR = 1.26, 95%CI = 1.05-1.52), for studies including more than 100 cases of preterm birth (SOR = 1.22, 95%CI = 1.05-1.41), and for studies adjusted for maternal age (SOR = 1.27,95%CI = 1.09-1.47), socioeconomic status and/or education (SOR = 1.28, 95%CI = 1.10-1.49), body mass index (SOR = 1.33, 95%CI = 1.04-1.71), and parity (SOR = 1.27, 95%CI = 1.13-1.43). Our findings demonstrate that passive maternal smoking is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth. Future prospective cohort studies are warranted to provide more detailed results stratified by passive maternal smoking during different trimesters of pregnancy and by different types and causes of preterm birth.
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- Hong Cui
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Maccani JZ, Maccani MA. Altered placental DNA methylation patterns associated with maternal smoking: current perspectives. ADVANCES IN GENOMICS AND GENETICS 2015; 2015:205-214. [PMID: 26203295 PMCID: PMC4507353 DOI: 10.2147/agg.s61518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The developmental origins of health and disease hypothesis states that adverse early life exposures can have lasting, detrimental effects on lifelong health. Exposure to maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with morbidity and mortality in offspring, including increased risks for miscarriage, stillbirth, low birth weight, preterm birth, asthma, obesity, altered neurobehavior, and other conditions. Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy interferes with placental growth and functioning, and it has been proposed that this may occur through the disruption of normal and necessary placental epigenetic patterns. Epigenome-wide association studies have identified a number of differentially methylated placental genes that are associated with maternal smoking during pregnancy, including RUNX3, PURA, GTF2H2, GCA, GPR135, and HKR1. The placental methylation status of RUNX3 and NR3C1 has also been linked to adverse infant outcomes, including preterm birth and low birth weight, respectively. Candidate gene analyses have also found maternal smoking-associated placental methylation differences in the NR3C1, CYP1A1, HTR2A, and HSD11B2 genes, as well as in the repetitive elements LINE-1 and AluYb8. The differential methylation patterns of several genes have been confirmed to also exhibit altered gene expression patterns, including CYP1A1, CYP19A1, NR3C1, and HTR2A. Placental methylation patterns associated with maternal smoking during pregnancy may be largely gene-specific and tissue-specific and, to a lesser degree, involve global changes. It is important for future research to investigate the mechanistic roles that these differentially methylated genes may play in mediating the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and disease in later life, as well as to elucidate the potential influence of emerging tobacco product use during pregnancy, including the use of electronic cigarettes, on placental epigenetics.
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- Jennifer Zj Maccani
- Penn State Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, College of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Penn State Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, College of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Hershey, PA, USA
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Qiu J, He X, Cui H, Zhang C, Zhang H, Dang Y, Han X, Chen Y, Tang Z, Zhang H, Bai H, Xu R, Zhu D, Lin X, Lv L, Xu X, Lin R, Yao T, Su J, Liu X, Wang W, Wang Y, Ma B, Liu S, Huang H, Lerro C, Zhao N, Liang J, Ma S, Ehrenkranz RA, Liu Q, Zhang Y. Passive smoking and preterm birth in urban China. Am J Epidemiol 2014; 180:94-102. [PMID: 24838804 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Studies investigating the relationship between maternal passive smoking and the risk of preterm birth have reached inconsistent conclusions. A birth cohort study that included 10,095 nonsmoking women who delivered a singleton live birth was carried out in Lanzhou, China, between 2010 and 2012. Exposure to passive smoking during pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of very preterm birth (<32 completed weeks of gestation; odds ratio = 1.98, 95% confidence interval: 1.41, 2.76) but not moderate preterm birth (32-36 completed weeks of gestation; odds ratio = 0.98, 95% confidence interval: 0.81, 1.19). Risk of very preterm birth increased with the duration of exposure (P for trend = 0.0014). There was no variability in exposures by trimester. The associations were consistent for both medically indicated and spontaneous preterm births. Overall, our findings support a positive association between passive smoking and the risk of very preterm birth.
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Cox B, Martens E, Nemery B, Vangronsveld J, Nawrot TS. Impact of a stepwise introduction of smoke-free legislation on the rate of preterm births: analysis of routinely collected birth data. BMJ 2013; 346:f441. [PMID: 23412829 PMCID: PMC3573179 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence of preterm delivery in the Belgian population after implementation of smoke-free legislation in three phases (in public places and most workplaces January 2006, in restaurants January 2007, and in bars serving food January 2010). DESIGN Logistic regression analyses on routinely collected birth data from January 2002 to December 2011. SETTING Flanders, Belgium. POPULATION All live born singleton births delivered at 24-44 weeks of gestation (n = 606,877, with n = 448,520 spontaneous deliveries). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Preterm birth (gestational age <37 weeks). RESULTS We found reductions in the risk of preterm birth after the introduction of each phase of the smoking ban. No decreasing trend was evident in the years or months before the bans. We observed a step change in the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery of -3.13% (95% CI -4.37% to -1.87%; P<0.01) on 1 January 2007 (ban on smoking in restaurants), and an annual slope change of -2.65% (-5.11% to -0.13%; P=0.04) after 1 January 2010 (ban on smoking in bars serving food). The analysis for all births gave similar results: a step change of -3.18% (-5.38% to -0.94%; P<0.01) on 1 January 2007, and an annual slope change of -3.50% (-6.35% to -0.57%; P=0.02) after 1 January 2010. These changes could not be explained by personal factors (infant sex, maternal age, parity, socioeconomic status, national origin, level of urbanisation); time related factors (underlying trends, month of the year, day of the week); or population related factors (public holidays, influenza epidemics, and short term changes in apparent temperature and particulate air pollution). CONCLUSION Our study shows a consistent pattern of reduction in the risk of preterm delivery with successive population interventions to restrict smoking. This finding is not definitive but it supports the notion that smoking bans have public health benefits from early life.
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- Bianca Cox
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Spezielle Arzneimitteltherapie in der Schwangerschaft. ARZNEIMITTEL IN SCHWANGERSCHAFT UND STILLZEIT 2012. [PMCID: PMC7271212 DOI: 10.1016/b978-3-437-21203-1.10002-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mahfoud Z, Saad S, Haddad P, Chaaya M. Determinants of change in paternal smoking trends during pregnancy in Lebanon. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2010; 89:587-591. [PMID: 20196676 DOI: 10.3109/00016341003623753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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For pregnant women and their fetus, secondhand smoking poses major public health effects. This study analyzes the determinants of change in smoking behavior among fathers whose partners were pregnant. The study is a secondary analysis of a nationally representative Lebanese cross-sectional survey of 1,028 households conducted in 2007. Currently smoking fathers with a child of 5 years of age or less were included. The main outcome was the change in the father's smoking behavior during his wife's last pregnancy. The study concluded that fathers who changed their smoking patterns when their wives were pregnant were significantly more educated, more likely to smoke a lesser number of cigarettes per day (OR = 96, 95% CI (0.93, 0.99)), and more knowledgeable about cigarette constitutes and its health risks (OR = 1.37, 95% CI (1.08, 1.74). Public health practitioners and health professionals are recommended to raise awareness and provide cessation programs for parents and especially fathers.
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- Ziyad Mahfoud
- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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Salmasi G, Grady R, Jones J, McDonald SD. Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analyses. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2010; 89:423-441. [PMID: 20085532 DOI: 10.3109/00016340903505748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND While active maternal tobacco smoking has well established adverse perinatal outcomes, the effects of passive maternal smoking, also called environmental tobacco exposure (ETS), are less well studied and less consistent. OBJECTIVE To determine to the effect of ETS on perinatal outcomes. SEARCH STRATEGY Medline, EMBASE and reference lists were searched. SELECTION CRITERIA Studies comparing ETS-exposed pregnant women with those unexposed which adequately addressed active maternal smoking. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two reviewers independently assessed titles, abstracts, full studies, extracted data and assessed quality. Dichotomous data were pooled using odds ratios (OR) and continuous data with weighted mean differences (WMD) using a random effects model. MAIN RESULTS Seventy-six articles were included with a total of 48,439 ETS-exposed women and 90,918 unexposed women. ETS-exposed infants weighed less [WMD -60 g, 95% confidence interval (CI) -80 to -39 g], with a trend towards increased low birthweight (LBW, < 2,500 g; RR 1.16; 95% CI 0.99-1.36), although the duration of gestation and preterm delivery were similar (WMD 0.02 weeks, 95% CI -0.09 to 0.12 weeks and RR 1.07; 95% CI 0.93-1.22). ETS-exposed infants had longer infant lengths (1.75 cm; 95% CI 1.37-2.12 cm), increased risks of congenital anomalies (OR 1.17; 95% CI 1.03-1.34) and a trend towards smaller head circumferences (-0.11 cm; 95% CI -0.22 to 0.01 cm). CONCLUSIONS ETS-exposed women have increased risks of infants with lower birthweight, congenital anomalies, longer lengths, and trends towards smaller head circumferences and LBW.
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- Giselle Salmasi
- Department of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
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- Department of Health Research Methodology, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
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- Department of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
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Cieślak M. New approach to environmental tobacco smoke exposure and its relation to reemission processes. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2006; 19:92-8. [PMID: 17128806 DOI: 10.2478/v10001-006-0012-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Indoor air quality is one of the factors that determine human well-being and health. Being aware of this fact, it is essential to identify the origin, kind, mechanism, and effects of harmful substances contained in the air. The issue concerning the contents and primary emission of these substances from building materials and interior furnishings is well known. Adverse effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), including exposure of passive smokers, are also very well documented. To the contrary, reports on secondary and indirect emissions, especially those focused on mechanisms by which pollution is "transferred" by materials used in interior furnishings are very rare. Textiles are used in a great variety of ways as functional and decorative materials. These materials in general, and textile floor coverings in particular, are extensively utilized in fitting apartments, public buildings, and transport means. Studies on this aspect of the role played by textile materials in ETS exposure have been only fragmentary documented.
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Spezielle Arzneimitteltherapie in der Schwangerschaft. ARZNEIVERORDNUNG IN SCHWANGERSCHAFT UND STILLZEIT 2006. [PMCID: PMC7271219 DOI: 10.1016/b978-343721332-8.50004-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chen C, Wang X, Wang L, Yang F, Tang G, Xing H, Ryan L, Lasley B, Overstreet JW, Stanford JB, Xu X. Effect of environmental tobacco smoke on levels of urinary hormone markers. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2005; 113:412-7. [PMID: 15811831 PMCID: PMC1278480 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Our recent study showed a dose-response relationship between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and the risk of early pregnancy loss. Smoking is known to affect female reproductive hormones. We explored whether ETS affects reproductive hormone profiles as characterized by urinary pregnanediol-3-glucuronide (PdG) and estrone conjugate (E1C) levels. We prospectively studied 371 healthy newly married nonsmoking women in China who intended to conceive and had stopped contraception. Daily records of vaginal bleeding, active and passive cigarette smoking, and daily first-morning urine specimens were collected for up to 1 year or until a clinical pregnancy was achieved. We determined the day of ovulation for each menstrual cycle. The effects of ETS exposure on daily urinary PdG and E1C levels in a +/-10 day window around the day of ovulation were analyzed for conception and nonconception cycles, respectively. Our analysis included 344 nonconception cycles and 329 conception cycles. In nonconception cycles, cycles with ETS exposure had significantly lower urinary E1C levels (beta = -0.43, SE = 0.08, p < 0.001 in log scale) compared with the cycles without ETS exposure. There was no significant difference in urinary PdG levels in cycles having ETS exposure (beta = -0.07, SE = 0.15, p = 0.637 in log scale) compared with no ETS exposure. Among conception cycles, there were no significant differences in E1C and PdG levels between ETS exposure and nonexposure. In conclusion, ETS exposure was associated with significantly lower urinary E1C levels among nonconception cycles, suggesting that the adverse reproductive effect of ETS may act partly through its antiestrogen effects.
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- Changzhong Chen
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Valero De Bernabé J, Soriano T, Albaladejo R, Juarranz M, Calle ME, Martínez D, Domínguez-Rojas V. Risk factors for low birth weight: a review. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2004; 116:3-15. [PMID: 15294360 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2004.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 354] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2003] [Revised: 12/09/2003] [Accepted: 03/11/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Low birth weight (LBW) is one of the main predictors of infant mortality. The global incidence of LBW is around 17%, although estimates vary from 19% in the developing countries (countries where it is an important public health problem) to 5-7% in the developed countries. The incidence in Spain in the decade 1980-1989 was about 5.7%. LBW is generally associated with situations in which uterine malnutrition is produced due to alterations in placental circulation. There are many known risk factors, the most important of which are socio-economic factors, medical risks before or during gestation and maternal lifestyles. However, although interventions exist to prevent many of these factors before and during pregnancy, the incidence of LBW has not decreased.
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- Javier Valero De Bernabé
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Universitario Santa Cristina and Medicine School of Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
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Wilks DJ, Hay AWM. Smoking and female fecundity: the effect and importance of study design. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2004; 112:127-35. [PMID: 14746945 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-2115(03)00332-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This review evaluates the evidence for a link between smoking and female fertility. Twenty-two primary papers and two reviews were found. All but three indicated a detrimental effect of smoking on reproduction despite varying considerably in their approach, definitions used and populations studied. The strength of association is small but statistically significant and a dose response relationship suggests the theory that smoking is causative. Poor design in particular and the failure to assess confounders weakened many studies and should be addressed in future studies.
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- Daniel J Wilks
- Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Algernon Firth Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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Henson MC, Chedrese PJ. Endocrine disruption by cadmium, a common environmental toxicant with paradoxical effects on reproduction. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2004; 229:383-92. [PMID: 15096650 DOI: 10.1177/153537020422900506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 283] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Cadmium (Cd(2+)) is a common environmental pollutant and a major constituent of tobacco smoke. Exposure to this heavy metal, which has no known beneficial physiological role, has been linked to a wide range of detrimental effects on mammalian reproduction. Intriguingly, depending on the identity of the steroidogenic tissue involved and the dosage used, it has been reported to either enhance or inhibit the biosynthesis of progesterone, a hormone that is inexorably linked to both normal ovarian cyclicity and the maintenance of pregnancy. Thus, Cd(2+) has been shown to exert significant effects on ovarian and reproductive tract morphology, with extremely low dosages reported to stimulate ovarian luteal progesterone biosynthesis and high dosages inhibiting it. In addition, Cd(2+) exposure during human pregnancy has been linked to decreased birth weights and premature birth, with the enhanced levels of placental Cd(2+) resulting from maternal exposure to industrial wastes or tobacco smoke being associated with decreased progesterone biosynthesis by the placental trophoblast. The stimulatory effects of Cd(2+) on ovarian progesterone synthesis, as revealed by the results of studies using stable porcine granulosa cells, appear centered on the enhanced conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone by the cytochrome P450 side chain cleavage (P450scc). However, in the placenta, the Cd(2+)-induced decline in progesterone synthesis is commensurate with a decrease in P450scc. Additionally, placental low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDL-R) mRNA declines in response to Cd(2+) exposure, suggesting an inhibition in the pathway that provides cholesterol precursor from the maternal peripheral circulation. Potential mechanisms by which Cd(2+) may affect steroidogenesis include interference with the DNA binding zinc (Zn(2+))-finger motif through the substitution of Cd(2+) for Zn(2+) or by taking on the role of an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC) that could mimic or inhibit the actions of endogenous estrogens. Divergent, tissue-specific (ovary vs. placenta) effects of Cd(2+) also cannot be ruled out. Therefore, in consideration of the data currently available and in light of the potentially serious consequences of environmental Cd(2+) exposure to human reproduction, we propose that priority should be given to studies dedicated to further elucidating the mechanisms involved.
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- Michael C Henson
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Interdisciplinary Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA.
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Hong YC, Kim H, Im MW, Lee KH, Woo BH, Christiani DC. Maternal genetic effects on neonatal susceptibility to oxidative damage from environmental tobacco smoke. J Natl Cancer Inst 2001; 93:645-7. [PMID: 11309442 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/93.8.645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Y C Hong
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, 7-206, 3-Ga Shinheung-Dong, Jung-Gu, Inchon, 400-103, South Korea.
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Several environmental factors affect the fetus and thereby the outcome of pregnancy. Recent studies have confirmed a relation between stress and pregnancy outcome; furthermore they have indicated that biological measures of stress may predict risk of complications. Altered sex ratio may be an interesting way of measuring the effect of stress during pregnancy. Stress and work load during pregnancy seem to be related to time until conception and to becoming pregnant through assisted reproduction. Drinking large amounts of alcohol is hazardous, but drinking one drink per day appears to be safe. The effect of passive smoking continues to be a matter of debate.
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- M Hedegaard
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
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