International Journal of School and Cognitive Psychology
Open Access
ISSN: 2469-9837
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2469-9837
+44 1478 350008
Teresa Miranda
Spain
Research Article
Smoking during Pregnancy: A Risk Factor for Stunting and Anemia in Infancy
Author(s): Isabel Bove, Cristina Campoy, Ricardo Uauy and Teresa MirandaIsabel Bove, Cristina Campoy, Ricardo Uauy and Teresa Miranda
Background: The co-occurrence of smoking, stunting, anaemia and poverty represent multiple biological and psychosocial risks that increase unjust and unfair inequalities since early infancy. Smoking during pregnancy not only increases risk of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and preterm birth, also impacts negatively on growth and child development. Study design and subjects: Study population came from a cross-sectional, national, representative survey conducted in Uruguay (2011) involving 2,994 infants <24 months to study stunting and overweight and a sample of 756 infants 6-24 months to investigate anaemia. Birth weight, birth length and gestational age were taken from health records. Measurements of current weight, length and head circumference were collected by appropriately trained nutritionists following WHO anthropometry recommendations. Binary logistic regression was .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2469-9837.1000109