The risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes is increased in preeclamptic women who smoke compared with nonpreeclamptic women who do not smoke

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2010.05.020 Byline: Elizabeth C. Miller (a)(d), Huiling Cao (a), Shi Wu Wen (a)(b), Qiuying Yang (a)(b), Julie Lafleche (a), Mark Walker (a)(b)(c) Keywords: adverse pregnancy outcome; preeclampsia; smoking Abstract: Maternal smoking and preeclampsia independently increase the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes; however, smoking decreases the risk of preeclampsia. We sought to estimate the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes among preeclamptic women who smoke and hypothesized that this risk would be increased, compared with nonpreeclamptic women who smoke or preeclamptic women who do not smoke. Author Affiliation: (a) OMNI Research Group, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Ottawa Health Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada (b) Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada (c) Ontario Perinatal Surveillance System, Ottawa, ON, Canada (d) Queen's University School of Medicine, Kingston, ON, Canada Article History: Received 13 July 2009; Revised 26 February 2010; Accepted 11 May 2010 Article Note: (footnote) Supported by the Ottawa Health Research Institute., Cite this article as: Miller EC, Cao H, Wen SW, et al. The risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes is increased in preeclamptic women who smoke compared with nonpreeclamptic women who do not smoke. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;203:334.e1-8.