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KMID : 0371020040370010011
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Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
2004 Volume.37 No. 1 p.11 ~ p.16
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A Survey on Prenatal Environmental Risk Factors for Mothers of Low Birth Weight Infants in Asan-City.
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Lee Hoi-Young
Yoon Seok-Jun
Ahn Hyeong-Sik
Ha Mi-Na
Koh Kyung-Sim
June Kyung-Ja
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Abstract
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Objective: In this study, we aimed to produce basic data on the prenatal environmental risk factors of low birth weight infants at a community level.
Methods: In 2000, we conducted the direct interview using questionnaire about prenatal environmental risk factors with low birth weight infant-delivered mothers and normal weight infant-delivered mothers in Asan-city, Chungcheongnamdo Province, Korea. The questionsgiven to the mothers included past pregnancy history, menstrual status, disease history before and during the pregnancy, family history, environmental risk factors and exposure history. The responses of the twogroups were compared to calculate the prenatal environmental risk factors of each group.
Results: Mothers´ smoking was significantly associated with low birth weight infants (adjusted odds ratio(AOR) 3.27; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.25-8.56) and preterm baby (AOR 4.20; 95% CI, 1.21-14.61). Other envwonmental risk factors were not significantly different between the two groups.
Conclusion: Smoking of mothers can be a risk factor for the delivery of low birth weight infants. These results could provide the basic data on prenatal environmental risk factors of mothers of low birth weight infants and suggest research topics for further community-based evaluation.
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KEYWORD
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Low birth weight, Risk factors, Smoking, Environmental exposure, Maternal exposure, Community survey
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