Pregnancy planning, smoking behaviour during pregnancy, and neonatal outcome: UK Millennium Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pre-pregnancy health and care are important for the health of the future generations. Smoking during pregnancy has been well-researched and there is clear evidence of harm. But there has been little research on the health impact of planning for pregnancy. This study aims to investigate the independent effects of pregnancy planning and smoking during pregnancy on neonatal outcome.

Methods

This analysis made use of data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. The study sample consisted of 18,178 singleton babies born in UK between 2000 and 2001. The neonatal outcomes of interest were low birthweight (<2.5 Kg) and pre-term birth (<37 completed weeks gestation). Logistic regression was used to estimate the association between pregnancy planning and/or smoking and neonata

SUBMITTER: Flower A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3878353 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature