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Smoking Before Pregnancy or in Early Pregnancy Could Increase Congenital Heart Defects
Jump to full article: WebMD, 2008-04-07
Author: Miranda Hitti WebMD Medical News
Intro: Women who smoke in the month before getting pregnant or during the first trimester of pregnancy may be more likely to have babies with congenital heart defects.
That news appears in the April edition of Pediatrics.
Congenital heart defects are the most common type of structural birth defects, affecting eight to 10 of every 1,000 babies born in the U.S., according to the researchers, who included Sadia Malik, MD, MPH, of the University of Arkansas.
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