Effects of maternal exposure to biomass cooking fuel on birth size and body proportionality in full-term infants born by vaginal delivery.

ABSTRACT: It remains unclear whether and how maternal exposure to biomass fuel influences infant anthropometry or body proportionality at birth, which are linked to their survival, physical growth, and neurodevelopment. Therefore, this study seeks to explore the association between household-level exposure to biomass cooking fuels and infant size and body proportionality at birth among women in rural Bangladesh. A total of 909 women were derived from the Pregnancy Weight Gain study, which was conducted in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh. Infant's weight (g), length (cm), head circumference (cm), small for gestational age (SGA_W), short for gestational age (SGA_L), low head circumference for gestational age (SGA_HC), ponderal index, and cephalization index at birth we

SUBMITTER: Nyma Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11303780 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature