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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2016 Mar;20(3):701–709. doi: 10.1007/s10995-015-1870-3

Table 1.

Summary of relative risks of maternal and child health outcomes associated with maternal smoking

Outcome Best
estimate
and range
Surgeon
General's
Reporta
Other
Estimates
Preterm Birth 1.4 (1.2-1.6) AOR: 1.59 (1.13-2.25)b
1.19 (1.17-1.20)c
AOR: 1.5 (1.4-1.6) ≤ 27 weeks d
1.4 (1.4-1.4) 28-33 weeks d
1.2 (1.2-1.3) 34-36 weeks d

Low Birth weight,
Gestational age >
36 months
2.3 (1.9-3.0) ORs: 1.5-2.5 AOR: 2.3 (2.3-2.5)d
OR: 3.35 (2.92-3.85)e

Sudden Infant 2.5 (1.4-4.0) ORs: 1.4 - 3.0 AOR: 2.7 (2.4, 3.0)c
Death Syndrome

OR = odds ratio, AOR= adjusted odds ratio

a

DHHS (2004)

b

Anderka et al. (2010)

c

Aliyu et al. (2009)

d

Dietz et al. (2010)

e

Chertok et al. (2011)