Household air pollution, ultrasound measurement, fetal biometric parameters and intrauterine growth restriction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low birthweight, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and perinatal mortality have been associated with air pollution. However, intervention studies that use ultrasound measurements to assess the effects of household air pollution (HAP) on fetal biometric parameters (FBP) are rare. We investigated the effect of a cookstove intervention on FBP and IUGR in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) cohort of HAP-exposed pregnant Nigerian women.

Methods

We recruited 324 women early in the second trimester of pregnancy. Between 16 and 18 weeks, we randomized them to either continue cooking with firewood/kerosene (control group) or receive a CleanCook stove and ethanol fuel (intervention group). We measured fetal biparietal diameter (BPD), head circumference (HC), femur len

SUBMITTER: Dutta A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8243629 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature