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Association of low birth weight with environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure among pregnant women. by Taskeen Zahra Sajid; Rabia Arshed Usmani; Uzair Mumtaz; Nayyer Riffat; Shahbaz Baig; Muhammad Hussain Cheema is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Objectives: To determine the association between low birth weight babies and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure during pregnancy and the factors related to it. Study Design: Case Control study Setting: Obstetrical and Gynecological Units of a Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore. Period: March 2016 to August 2017. Material & Methods: Babies born to mothers’ aged between 20 to 35 years in all four Obstetrical and Gynecological units of a Sir Ganga Ram hospital, Lahore, were included. 150 low birth weight babies (LBW) born at term, fulfilling the exclusion and inclusion criteria were taken as cases and 150 normal weight babies born on same day were taken as controls. Mothers were interviewed on a semi structured and pretested questionnaire covering all variables using non- probability purposive sampling technique and the data was analyzed on SPSS Version 20.0. The difference of means was tested using independent t-test whereas difference of proportions was analyzed by using Pearson Chi -Square test. Odds Ratio of >2 was taken as significant. P value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. In order to adjust the effect of confounder data was stratified. Results: 110/150(73.3

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Author

Taskeen Zahra Sajid; Rabia Arshed Usmani; Uzair Mumtaz; Nayyer Riffat; Shahbaz Baig; Muhammad Hussain Cheema

Publisher

Independent Medical Trust

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)