| Life course association of maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring's height: data from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort. | |
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PMID: 23283162 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of (1) maternal smoking during pregnancy; and (2) partner smoking on offspring's height in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. METHODS: All hospital live births from 1993 (5,249) were identified, and these infants were followed up at several ages. Height for age, expressed as z-scores using the World Health Organization growth curves, was measured at all follow-up visits. Maternal smoking during pregnancy was collected retrospectively at birth and analyzed as number of cigarettes/day smoked categorized in four categories (never smoked, <10, 10-19, and ≥ 20 cigarettes/day). Partner smoking was analyzed as a dichotomous variable (No/Yes). Unadjusted and adjusted analyses were performed by use of linear regression. RESULTS: The prevalence of self-reported maternal smoking during pregnancy was 33.5%. In the crude analysis, the number of cigarettes/day smoked by the mother during pregnancy negatively affected offspring's height in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. After adjustment for confounders and mediators, this association remained statistically significant, although the magnitude of the regression coefficients was reduced. Paternal smoking was not associated with offspring's height in the adjusted analyses. CONCLUSIONS: In addition to the well-known harmful effects of smoking, maternal smoking during pregnancy negatively affects offspring's height. Public health policies aimed at continuing to reduce the prevalence of maternal smoking during pregnancy must be encouraged. |
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Authors:
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Jeovany Martínez-Mesa; Ana M B Menezes; David A González; Bernardo L Horta; Alicia Matijasevich; Denise P Gigante; Pedro C Hallal |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2012-11-10 |
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Title: The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine Volume: 51 ISSN: 1879-1972 ISO Abbreviation: J Adolesc Health Publication Date: 2012 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2013-01-03 Completed Date: 2013-03-04 Revised Date: 2013-04-03 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9102136 Medline TA: J Adolesc Health Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: S53-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2012 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil. jeovanymm@yahoo.es |
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Adolescent Body Height* Brazil / epidemiology Child Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Pregnancy Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects* Smoking / adverse effects* |
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//Wellcome Trust |
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