Correlation of tobacco consumption in ecuadorian pregnant women with newborn birth weight

Authors

  • Ruth Ramos Villacis
  • Carlos Llerena Gómez
  • Mónica Cháchalo Sandoval

Keywords:

Pearson's correlation coefficient, smoking, newborn weight, tobacco use.

Abstract

Introduction: Low birth weight often leads to a greater need for specialized medical care and its risk factors need to be studied, including smoking.

Objective: The aim of the study was to identify hetera tobacco consumption in Ecuadorian pregnant women attended at the Hospital General Docente Ambato, in Ecuador, is related to newborn birth weight.

Methods: The study corresponded to the relational research level and was observational, retrospective, cross-sectional and analítico. We studied 111 pregnant women who received care at the Hospital General Docente Ambato, in Ecuador, during the first trimester of 2023. The hypothesis was that there was a correlation between tobacco consumption in pregnant women and newborn weight.  Pearson's correlation coefficient was applied using SPSS software (v. 26.0).

Results: There was a strong negative correlation (-0.786) at the 0.01 bilateral level (p-value =<0.01) between newborn weight and daily tobacco consumption was strong negative.

Conclusions: Based on the results of this study, conclusions can be drawn that there is a strong negative correlation between newborn weight and daily tobacco consumption by Ecuadorian pregnant women attended at the Hospital General Docente Ambato, Ecuador. The research underlined the importance of addressing and promoting smoking cessation among pregnant women as an essential measure to improve perinatal health outcomes by reducing the risk of low birth weight.

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Published

2023-11-01

How to Cite

1.
Ramos Villacis R, Llerena Gómez C, Cháchalo Sandoval M. Correlation of tobacco consumption in ecuadorian pregnant women with newborn birth weight. Rev Cubana Inv Bioméd [Internet]. 2023 Nov. 1 [cited 2025 Aug. 1];42(2). Available from: https://revibiomedica.sld.cu/index.php/ibi/article/view/3052