Bosley A R, Sibert J R, Newcombe R G
Arch Dis Child. 1981 Sep;56(9):727-9. doi: 10.1136/adc.56.9.727.
Standard anthropometric measurements were made on 320 term neonates to investigate the influence of smoking on fetal growth and nutrition. Maternal height and triceps skinfold thickness were also measured. Of 320 infants, 126 (39%) were born to mothers who smoked. Maternal triceps skinfold thickness was significantly smaller in smoking mothers. A correlation existed between maternal and infant triceps skinfold thickness. Measurements of infant growth, birthweight, occipito-frontal circumference, and crown-to-heel length were significantly smaller in infants of smoking mothers and remained significantly smaller when corrections were made for maternal triceps skinfold thickness, height, and social class. While these data do not exclude a nutritional mechanism for the effect of maternal smoking on the fetus, the major growth-retarding effects remain after corrections for this. This reduction in occipito-frontal circumference in infants of smoking mothers, and the possible significance of this is stressed.
对320名足月儿进行了标准人体测量，以研究吸烟对胎儿生长和营养的影响。同时测量了母亲的身高和肱三头肌皮褶厚度。在这320名婴儿中，126名（39%）的母亲吸烟。吸烟母亲的肱三头肌皮褶厚度明显较小。母婴肱三头肌皮褶厚度之间存在相关性。吸烟母亲的婴儿在生长、出生体重、枕额周长和顶跟长度的测量值明显较小，在对母亲的肱三头肌皮褶厚度、身高和社会阶层进行校正后，这些值仍然明显较小。虽然这些数据不排除母亲吸烟对胎儿产生影响的营养机制，但校正后主要的生长迟缓影响仍然存在。强调了吸烟母亲的婴儿枕额周长的减少及其可能的重要性。
