DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.16110 www.bjog.org Electronic cigarettes and obstetric outcomes: a prospective observational study BP McDonnell,a,b P Dicker,b CL Regana,b a Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland b Royal College of Surgeons in...
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DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.16110 www.bjog.org Electronic cigarettes and obstetric outcomes: a prospective observational study BP McDonnell,a,b P Dicker,b CL Regana,b a Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland b Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland Correspondence: Dr BP McDonnell, Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Cork Street, Dublin 8, Ireland. Email: bmcdonnell@rcsi.ie Accepted 23 December 2019. Objective To compare the obstetric outcomes and socio- during the study period. EC users were of higher socio-economic demographic factors in electronic cigarette (EC) users with status than smokers. Infants born to EC users had a mean cigarette smokers and non-smokers in pregnancy. birthweight of 3470 g ( 555 g), which was similar to that of non-smokers (3471 504 g, P = 0.97) and significantly greater Design Prospective observational cohort study. than that of smokers (3166 502 g, P < 0.001). The mean birth Setting A large urban maternity hospital
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