Xianglong Xu|Yunshuang Rao|Lianlian Wang|Sheng Liu|Jeff J. Guo|Manoj Sharma|Yong Zhao
Smoking in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study in China
Chongqing Medical University|Chongqing Medical University|First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University|Chongqing Medical University|Chongqing Medical University|University of Cincinnati|University of Cincinnati Medical Center|Jackson State University|Chongqing Medical University
background findings smoking among pregnant women mostly high income countries rarely chinathis study aimed estimate prevalence smoking influencing factors among pregnant women living chinamethods crosssectional analysis conducted studydata pregnant women collected study june august 2015 5 provinces mainland chinaa total 2345 pregnant women included study mean age participants 2812 years sd 413results 829 smoking women quit smoking pregnantthe prevalence smoking among pregnant women 38among participants 400 307 18 299 08 314312 267 husbands fathersinlaw mothersinlaw fathers mothers colleagues friends relatives respectively smokerscompared pregnant women basic education level junior middle school higher education level undergraduate higher risk smoking 517 95 ci 2001339compared pregnant women rural areas urban pregnant women less likely current smokers 055 95 ci 032094compared pregnant women whose mothersinlaw smoke whose mothersinlaw smoked higher risk smoking 4 67 95 cihowever compared pregnant women whose husband smoke whose husband smoked significantly higher risk smoking 112 95 ci 073173conclusions smoking women quit smoking became pregnanttailored intervention programs reduce smoking pregnant women focus higher education level rural areas pregnant women whose mothersinlaw smoke