Children born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy were at increased risk of having congenital heart disease, a new study published today [27 May] in the Journal of the American Heart Association has found.
Children born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy were at increased risk of having congenital heart disease, a new study published today [27 May] in.
Researchers from the Born in Bradford study (BiB) - one of the largest research studies in the world, have contributed to a major report looking into the effects of smoking during pregnancy. The study, published in the in the Journal of the American Heart Association has found that children born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy were at increased risk of having congenital heart disease. The study was led by University of Bristol, in an international collaboration with researchers from seven institutions. It brings together data on more than 230,000 families from 7 European birth cohorts from the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Italy. The research was supported by the British Heart Foundation and the H2020 program of the European Commission.