Associations between maternal age and socioeconomic status with smoking during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy: a register-based study of 932 671 women in Finland from 2000 to 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to explore the association between maternal age and smoking during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy across socioeconomic groups and to evaluate the interacting effect of maternal age and socioeconomic status on smoking with a view to informing public health interventions.

Design

This is a register-based study.

Settings

Data from the Finnish Medical Birth Register were cross-linked with background data from Statistics Finland.

Participants

The information of 932 671 pregnant women who gave birth in Finland from 2000 to 2015.

Main outcome measures

Maternal smoking during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy by occupation and maternal age.

Results

The proportion of women who smoked during the second and

SUBMITTER: Roustaei Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7451537 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature