Risk of Gestational Diabetes Due to Maternal and Partner Smoking

María Morales-Suárez-Varela, Isabel Peraita-Costa, Alfredo Perales-Marín, Agustín Llopis-Morales and Agustín Llopis-González
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María Morales-Suárez-Varela: Unit of Public Health and Environmental Care, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
Isabel Peraita-Costa: Unit of Public Health and Environmental Care, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
Alfredo Perales-Marín: Department of Obstetrics, La Fe University Polytechnic Hospital, 46026 Valencia, Spain
Agustín Llopis-Morales: Unit of Public Health and Environmental Care, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
Agustín Llopis-González: Unit of Public Health and Environmental Care, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, 46100 Burjassot, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 1-18

Abstract: Pregnant women are among the most vulnerable to environmental exposure to tobacco smoke (EET); which has been linked to problems in the mothers’ health; one of the most frequent is gestational diabetes (GD). For this reason, there are specific interventions and prevention strategies designed to reduce this exposure risk. However, currently, they are mostly aimed only at aiding the pregnant women with smoking cessation during pregnancy and do not assess or address the risk from passive exposure due to partner smoking. The aim of this work is to study the exposure to EET of pregnant women considering active and passive smoking and to evaluate its effect on the development of GD. This is an observational case-control study within a retrospective cohort of pregnant women. Information on smoking habits was obtained from both personal interviews and recorded medical history. In total, 16.2% of mothers and 28.3% of partners declared having been active smokers during pregnancy; 36.5% of the women presented EET during pregnancy when both active and passive smoking were considered. After adjustments, the association with the EET and GD of the mother was (aOR 1.10 95% CI: 0.64–1.92); for the EET of the partner, it was (aOR 1.66 95% CI: 1.01–2.77); for both partners, it was (aOR 1.82 95% CI: 1.15–2.89), adjusted by the mother’s age and body mass index. There is a lack of education regarding the effects of passive exposure to tobacco smoke. It is essential that pregnant women and their partners are educated on the risks of active and passive smoking; this could improve the effectiveness of other GD prevention strategies.

Keywords: pregnancy; smoking; passive; prevalence; gestational diabetes; primary care; prevention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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