TY - JOUR
T1 - CME article #2
T2 - Does standing at work during pregnancy result in reduced infant birth weight?
AU - Ha, Eunhee
AU - Cho, Sung Il
AU - Park, Hyesook
AU - Chen, Dafang
AU - Chen, Changzhong
AU - Wang, Lihua
AU - Xu, Xiping
AU - Christiani, David C.
PY - 2002/9
Y1 - 2002/9
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between infant birth weight and standing at work during pregnancy. A total of 1222 pregnant women employed in a large petrochemical corporation in Beijing, China, were enrolled in the study after receiving permission from the government to have a child. The subjects were followed up from that time through their entire pregnancy, for a total of up to 12 months. All subjects delivered at the company staff hospital between 1996 and 1998. Various work-related physical activities during pregnancy were assessed using a structured questionnaire, and generalized additive models (GAMs) were performed to examine their association with birth weight. Of the assessed activities, only standing was significantly associated with birth weight. After adjusting for potential confounders, maternal standing hours per day at work was found to be significantly associated with reduced birth weight (-17.7 g, P = 0. 03).
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between infant birth weight and standing at work during pregnancy. A total of 1222 pregnant women employed in a large petrochemical corporation in Beijing, China, were enrolled in the study after receiving permission from the government to have a child. The subjects were followed up from that time through their entire pregnancy, for a total of up to 12 months. All subjects delivered at the company staff hospital between 1996 and 1998. Various work-related physical activities during pregnancy were assessed using a structured questionnaire, and generalized additive models (GAMs) were performed to examine their association with birth weight. Of the assessed activities, only standing was significantly associated with birth weight. After adjusting for potential confounders, maternal standing hours per day at work was found to be significantly associated with reduced birth weight (-17.7 g, P = 0. 03).
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U2 - 10.1097/00043764-200209000-00003
DO - 10.1097/00043764-200209000-00003
M3 - Article
C2 - 12227673
AN - SCOPUS:0036731324
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 44
SP - 815
EP - 821
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 9
ER -
