TITLE:
Passive Smoking and Other Principal Risk Factors Associated with Low Birth Weight
AUTHORS:
Yassir Ait Benkaddour, Btissam Fatih, Farah Majdi, Abderraouf Soummani
KEYWORDS:
Low Birth Weight, Passive Smoking, Epidemiology, Risk Factors
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vol.6 No.7,
June
1,
2016
ABSTRACT: Background: Neonatal morbidity and mortality is one of the most public health
problems in the world. A lot of neonatal deaths occur in foetus with low birth weight
(LBW). Several risk factors of LBW have been described in the literature such as
maternal age, chronic and gestational hypertension infection and anémia. Smoking is one of the most important preventable risk factor of LBW in developed
and developing countries. Aims: In this study, we evaluated the incidence and the
impact of passive smoking and some other principle risk factors of LBW. Material
& Methods: This case control study was conducted in the department of obstetrics
and gynecology of Marrakesh university hospital in Morocco. During a period of 3
years, all LBW babies were included in the study. Data analysis was
performed by SPSS software. The association between LBW and each variable was studied
by the chi square test comparing cases and controls groups. Logistic regression analysis was performed after including all variables found
to have significant differences on univariate analysis. Results: 288 cases of LBW
have been identified representing 2.19% of all births. The study of the categories
showed that 84.3% of babies were moderate LBW (1500 - 2500 g), including 49 babies
from twin pregnancies. 15.7% were very LBW (