Abstract
This case-control, hospital-based study aimed to study the role of household air pollution in adverse birth outcomes like low birth weight. 200 newborn babies weighing <2500 g were included in the study along with 200 matched controls. After adjusting for confounders, it was found that exposure to second hand smoke (adjusted OR 1.72, 95% CI 0.85, 3.50, P=0.13) or indoor air pollution due to cooking fuel (adjusted OR 1.63, 95% CI 0.71, 3.72, P=0.25) were not significantly associated with birth weight.
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Contributors: NPJ, AR, DKT: conceptualized the study and its design; NPJ,AR: contributed to data collection and analysis. All the authors provided critical inputs into manuscript writing, and approved its final version.
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Jayaraj, N.P., Rathi, A. & Taneja, D.K. Exposure to Household Air Pollution During Pregnancy and Birthweight. Indian Pediatr 56, 875–876 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-019-1616-1
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