Hemoconcentration in smoking mothers is associated with impaired fetal growth

Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
B ZarénP Bergsjø

Abstract

To examine the effect of maternal smoking on the relationship between maternal hemoglobin levels and pregnancy outcome. A prospective study of healthy parous women from early pregnancy and of their infants. Three Scandinavian university hospitals covering all deliveries from well defined geographical areas. Smoking (669) and non-smoking (368) mothers, para 1 and 2 and with > or = 37 weeks of gestational length. Birth weight and placental weight. Ponderal Index and Placental Index as measures of possible discordant fetal and placental growth. In non-smoking mothers the hemoglobin levels in the three trimesters had no relation to birth weight. In smoking mothers a significantly lower birth weight was seen with a high hemoglobin level in the third trimester, but hemoglobin levels in early or mid-pregnancy had no association to birth weight. Smoking mothers also had a significantly greater fall in hemoglobin concentration from first to second and third trimester as compared to non-smokers although ferritin levels were similar in smokers and non-smokers, implying similar iron stores. The ratio of placental weight to the weight of the newborn was significantly higher in smokers, but no association was found to different hemoglobin le...Continue Reading

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