Prevalence of respiratory illnesses in infants whose mothers smoked tobacco during pregnancy
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This study assessed the effect of maternal tobacco smoking during pregnancy on their infants' respiratory health during the first year of life in a random sample of 184 mother-infant binomials. Data were analyzed using chi square test for proportions and multivariate logistic regression adjusting for covariates. Infants exposed to maternal smoking during pregnancy had a significantly higher risk of suffering from wheezing (p < 0.01), acute respiratory illnesses (p < 0.01) and admissions due to pneumonia (p < 0.05) during their first year of life than non-exposed infants. Accordingly to what has been described in developed countries, in this sample from a low socioeconomic status population, active maternal tobacco smoking during pregnancy significantly increased infants' susceptibility for suffering from wheezing, acute respiratory illnesses and hospital admissions due to pneumonia during the first year of life
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Mallol V, J., Koch C, E., Caro V, N., Sempertegui G, F., & Madrid H, R. (2007). Prevalence of respiratory illnesses in infants whose mothers smoked tobacco during pregnancy. Revista Chilena De Enfermedades Respiratorias, 23(1), 23–29. Retrieved from https://revchilenfermrespir.cl/index.php/RChER/article/view/584