title: Relationship between birth weight and domestic maternal passive smoking exposure.
abstract: This study aimed to assess the relationship between birth weight and maternal exposure to passive smoking during pregnancy, and to investigate some other determinants of birth weight. A retrospective cohort study in Baghdad, Iraq was conducted during February to August 2004 on a random sample of 300 non-smoker housewife mothers, interviewed 24 hours after delivery: 150 were not exposed to passive smoking at home and 150 were exposed. The mean birth weight of exposed newborns was significantly lower than non-exposed newborns. In exposed newborns, a significant inverse relationship was noticed between birth weight and the number of cigarettes smoked by household members (r = -0.27). Multiple regression analysis showed that after controlling for all the variables studied, birth weight had a significant inverse correlation with the maternal exposure to passive smoking and a positive correlation with adequate antenatal care.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Baghdad, Iraq.
authors.forename: M A A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Wadi
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Al-Sharbatti
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007493:Iraq; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution