Effects of maternal smokeless tobacco use on selected pregnancy outcomes in Alaska Native women: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the potential effects of prenatal smokeless tobacco use on selected birth outcomes.

Design

A population-based, case-control study using a retrospective medical record review.

Population

Singleton deliveries 1997-2005 to Alaska Native women residing in western Alaska.

Methods

Hospital discharge codes were used to identify potential case deliveries and a random control sample. Data on tobacco use and confirmation of pregnancy outcomes were abstracted from medical records for 1123 deliveries. Logistic regression was used to examine associations between tobacco use and pregnancy outcomes. Adjusted odds ratios (OR), 95% confidence intervals (95% CI), and p-values were calculated.

Main outcomes measures

Preterm delivery, pregnancy-associat

SUBMITTER: England LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5881106 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature