The impact of maternal smoking on fetal and infant growth

Vielwerth, Signe; Jensen, Rikke Beck; Larsen, Torben; Greisen, Gorm

doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.09.010

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“…Maternal smoking during pregnancy is known to affect both physical and intellectual growth of infants (Conter et al 1995;Cornelius et al 1995, Cornelius et al 2002Steyn et al 2006;Vielwerth et al 2007;Hindmarsh et al 2008). It has also been considered as an important risk factor for intrauterine growth retardation (Ingvarsson et al 2007;Aagaard-Tillery et al 2008).…”

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“…On the other hand, some of these studies show a significant inverse relationship between tobacco use and height and head circumference at birth (Hardy and Mellits 1972;Cornelius et al 1995;Ong. et al 2002;Vielwerth et al 2007;Hindmarsh et al 2008). These growth measures at birth, decrease in direct proportion to the number of cigarettes smoked per day (Conter et al 1995;Cornelius et al 1995;Vielwerth et al 2007;Aagaard-Tillery et al 2008).…”

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“…et al 2002;Vielwerth et al 2007;Hindmarsh et al 2008). These growth measures at birth, decrease in direct proportion to the number of cigarettes smoked per day (Conter et al 1995;Cornelius et al 1995;Vielwerth et al 2007;Aagaard-Tillery et al 2008). …”

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“…There have been many studies investigating the effect of gestational cigarette smoking on weight, height and head circumference at birth (Conter et al 1995;Ong et al 2002;Ingvarsson et al 2007;Vielwerth et al 2007;Ward et al 2007), but only a few studies analyzed the weight and height follow-up of children born to mothers who smoked during their pregnancies (Vaglenova et al 2004;Steyn et al 2006). There have been even fewer studies in the literature for head circumference follow-up of these children which is an important indicator of the brain development (Hindmarsh et al 2008).…”

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Impaired Postnatal Growth of Infants Prenatally Exposed to Cigarette Smoking

Fenercioğlu

Tamer

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Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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Tamer

Karatekın³

et al. 2009

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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“…Thus, be believe that our results show the real effect of marital status on birth outcomes. It is also well known that smoking during pregnancy seriously affects birthweight and causes preterm delivery (Vielwerth et al 2007;Heaman et al 2013). Our data also prevented us from having direct control of maternal and/or paternal smoking during pregnancy.…”

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Effect of marital distance on birth weight and length of offspring

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Danel

Dziedzic-Danel

et al. 2017

Anthropological Review

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Marital distance (MD), the geographical distance between birthplaces of spouses, is considered an agent favouring occurrence of heterosis and can be used as a measure of its level. Heterosis itself is a phenomenon of hybrid vigour and seems to be an important factor regulating human growth and development. The main aim of the study is to examine potential effects of MD on birth weight and length of offspring, controlling for socioeconomic status (SES), mother's age and birth order. Birth weight (2562 boys and 2572 girls) and length (2526 boys, 2542 girls) of children born in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski (Poland) in 1980(Poland) in , 1983(Poland) in , 1985(Poland) in and 1988 were recorded during cross-sectional surveys carried out between 1994-1999. Data regarding the socio-demographic variables of families were provided by the parents. Analysis of covariance showed that MD significantly affected both birth weight and length, allowing for sex, birth order, mother's age and SES of family. For both sexes, a greater marital distance was associated with a higher birth weight and a longer birth length. Our results support the hypothesis that a greater geographical distance between the birth places of parents may contribute to the heterosis effects in offspring. Better birth outcomes may be one of the manifestations of these effects.

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First‐trimester ADAM12 and PAPP‐A as markers for intrauterine fetal growth restriction through their roles in the insulin‐like growth factor system

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Background PAPP-A is a marker used as part of the most effective method of screening for chromosomal anomalies in the first trimester. ADAM12 is a recently discovered pregnancy associated member of the ADAM (a multidomain glycoprotein metalloprotease) family. Recently, ADAM12 has been shown as a potential marker for early screening for chromosomal anomalies. Both PAPP-A and ADAM12 have been identified as proteases to insulin-like growth factor binding proteins. In this role, they may have a regulatory function in controlling the amount of free bioactive insulin-like growth factor (IGF). We therefore wish to examine if the levels of either of these proteases are related to various growth related adverse pregnancy outcomes. Materials and MethodsPAPP-A and ADAM12 were measured in a subset of samples collected at 11 to 14 weeks as part of an OSCAR clinic screening for chromosomal anomalies. Follow-up of pregnancies screened between September 1999 and August 2003 identified 1705 pregnancies with an outcome of intrauterine fetal demise on or after 24 weeks, preterm delivery at 24-34 weeks or 35-36 weeks, very low birthweight (<1.5 kg), low birthweight (<2.5 kg), large birthweight (>4.5 kg), and birth weight below the 3rd or 5th or 10th centile for gestation. A series of 414 normal outcome pregnancies constituted the control group.Marker levels were adjusted for gestation and maternal weight and the log MoM of the markers were compared using t-test of unequal variance between the control group and the various adverse outcome groups.Results ADAM12 and PAPP-A concentrations were reduced in low for gestational age birth weights and in all births with weights below 2.5 kg. There was a linear relationship between the severity of the IUGR and the decrease in PAPP-A and ADAM12. In the larger babies, only ADAM12 was found to be significantly increased in babies above the 90th centile of weight for gestation. ConclusionsThe results of our study are compatible with the proposed role of ADAM12 and PAPP-A in promoting growth and development by breaking down IGF binding proteins and causing the release of free IGF for uptake into cells to promote growth. In those cases that eventually result in poor fetal growth, levels of PAPP-A and ADAM12 at 11-14 weeks are significantly lower than normal-in this instance, lowered PAPP-A and ADAM12 would result in less free IGF being available for cell uptake and growth stimulation. Further studies may elucidate if screening using such modalities can lead to new potential treatments for poorly growing fetuses.

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The impact of maternal smoking on fetal and infant growth

Cited by 54 publications

References 16 publications

Impaired Postnatal Growth of Infants Prenatally Exposed to Cigarette Smoking

Impaired Postnatal Growth of Infants Prenatally Exposed to Cigarette Smoking

Effect of marital distance on birth weight and length of offspring

First‐trimester ADAM12 and PAPP‐A as markers for intrauterine fetal growth restriction through their roles in the insulin‐like growth factor system

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