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Maternal tobacco exposure and cotinine levels in fetal fluids in the first half of pregnancy

Jauniaux, E·1999·Obstetrics & Gynecology

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the distribution of cotinine in fetal fluids and serum during the first half of pregnancy, and compare the fetal and maternal cotinine levels in passive and active smokers. METHODS: Maternal smoking status was determined by questionnaire in 85 pregnant women requesting abortion for psychosocial reasons between 7 and 17 weeks' gestation. Coelomic and amniotic fluid samples were collected between 7 and 11 weeks and fetal blood and amniotic fluid between 11 and 17 weeks. Cotinine levels were measured by radioimmunoassay. RESULTS: Women classified themselves as nonsmokers in 40 cases, passive smokers in 19 cases, and voluntary smokers in 26 cases. Five nonsmokers, 16 passive smokers, and all smokers had cotinine levels above the detection limit of the assay. Cotinine was invariably found in coelomic, amniotic, and fetal serum when maternal serum and urine cotinine levels exceeded 25 and 250 ng/mL, respectively. Higher cotinine levels were found in fetal fluids and serum than in maternal serum. Positive linear correlations were found between maternal urine and amniotic fluid cotinine concentrations (r = .75), between maternal urine cotinine concentration and number of cigarettes smoked per day (r = .66), and between maternal and fetal serum cotinine concentrations (r = .97). CONCLUSION: Cotinine accumulates in the fetal compartments as early as 7 weeks' gestation in both active and passive smokers. Women should be advised to give up smoking from conception and avoid environmental tobacco smoke exposure.

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Authors: Jauniaux, E.
Affiliations: Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
Corresponding author: Jauniaux, E
ORCID: Jauniaux, E
Venue: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 1999-01
Volume: 93
Issue: 1
Pages: 25-29
ISSN: 0029-7844 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(98)00318-4
OpenAlex: W2004434283
Cited by: 157
References: 22
Citations by year: 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 7
FWCI: 3.72
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Obstetrics and Gynecology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Pregnancy and Medication Impact
Keywords: maternal smoking, passive smoking, cotinine, fetal fluids, amniotic fluid, coelomic fluid, fetal serum, first trimester, pregnancy, environmental tobacco smoke, cigarette smoking during pregnancy
MeSH terms: Amniotic Fluid, Cotinine, Female, Fetal Blood, Humans, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Trimester, First, Pregnancy Trimester, Second, Surveys and Questionnaires, Smoking, Tissue Distribution, Tobacco Smoke Pollution, Maternal Exposure

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