Maternal smoking and risk of hypertrophic infantile pyloric stenosis: 10 year population based cohort study
Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis affects 0.5 to 3.0 per 1000 live births.1 2 The aetiology is unclear, but family history and sex distribution seem important and might indicate a genetic role.3 However, a recently reported fall in the incidence of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis sugge...
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Published in | BMJ Vol. 325; no. 7371; pp. 1011 - 1012 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
02.11.2002
British Medical Association BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Publishing Group BMJ |
Edition | International edition |
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Summary: | Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis affects 0.5 to 3.0 per 1000 live births.1 2 The aetiology is unclear, but family history and sex distribution seem important and might indicate a genetic role.3 However, a recently reported fall in the incidence of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis suggests that environmental factors are also important.4 During the last decade a similar reduction in the proportion of pregnant women who smoke was reported in Denmark,5 raising the possibility that maternal smoking... |
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Bibliography: | ark:/67375/NVC-HSSHD61J-2 href:bmj-325-1011-1.pdf local:bmj;325/7371/1011 Correspondence to: H T S⊘rensen ArticleID:bmj.325.7371.1011 PMID:12411361 istex:80080A55D45A52D62775DD337D963C8984AFD192 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 hts@soci.au.dk. Correspondence to: H T Sørensen Contributors: HTS had the idea for the study. He discussed the idea and study design with all coauthors. BN, HL, LP, and SPJ retrieved and validated the data, and HTS and LP did the statistical analysis. HTS wrote the first draft, and all authors contributed to the final paper. HTS is the guarantor. |
ISSN: | 0959-8138 0959-8146 1468-5833 1756-1833 |
DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.325.7371.1011 |