Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (13)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kallen, K
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Kallen, K
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 26, 571-574, Copyright © 1997 by International Epidemiological Association

ARTICLES

Maternal smoking and urinary organ malformations

K Kallen
Tornblad Institute, Lund, Sweden.

BACKGROUND: In order to investigate whether an earlier reported association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and urinary organ malformations could be confirmed, a study was made using Swedish health registries. METHODS: Infants with kidney malformations (n = 483) and infants with other urinary organ malformations with no primary involvement of the kidney(s) (n = 719) were selected among 1117021 infants born 1983-1993 with known smoking exposure in early pregnancy. RESULTS: A moderate statistically significant association between maternal smoking and kidney malformations was found (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 1.22, 95% confidence interval [CI] : 1.00-1.48). With the exception of genetic renal polycystic disease, the main subgroups of kidney malformations showed similar OR. For other urinary organ malformations, no association with smoking could be detected (OR = 0.93, 95% CI: 0.79-1.11). CONCLUSIONS: This study supports an association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and kidney malformations. No obvious confounders were detected but further work is needed before a causal inference can be made.
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Toxicol SciHome page
E. L. Carmines, C. L. Gaworski, A. S. Faqi, and N. Rajendran
In Utero Exposure to 1R4F Reference Cigarette Smoke: Evaluation of Developmental Toxicity
Toxicol. Sci., September 1, 2003; 75(1): 134 - 147.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Am J EpidemiolHome page
B. Ritz, F. Yu, S. Fruin, G. Chapa, G. M. Shaw, and J. A. Harris
Ambient Air Pollution and Risk of Birth Defects in Southern California
Am. J. Epidemiol., January 1, 2002; 155(1): 17 - 25.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.