THE EFFECT OF MATERNAL CIGARETTE SMOKING ON FETAL BIRTH WEIGHT AND ON GROWTH OF THE FETAL BIPARIETAL DIAMETER
- 31 May 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 87 (6) , 462-466
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1980.tb04579.x
Abstract
Some 2 otherwise comparable groups of patients, 27 of whom were non-smokers and 20 of whom smoked in excess of 10 cigarettes/day, had serial fetal biparietal diameter measurements taken by ultrasonography throughout pregnancy; from the 21st wk onwards, the fetal biparietal diameters increased significantly more slowly (P < 0.01) in mothers who smoked. The infant birth weight was significantly (P < 0.001) smaller for the group of smoking mothers.Keywords
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