Environmental tobacco smoke exposure during pregnancy has limited effect on infant birthweight and umbilical vein endothelial nitric oxide synthase.
Katrine K HedengranMalene R AndersenPal Bela SzecsiChristian H LindhNiels UldbjergSteen StenderPublished in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2018)
Infants born to environmental smokers, as judged by umbilical serum cotinine levels close to .2 ng/mL, are not associated with lower birthweight or reduced eNOS activity, or concentration in the fetal vascular bed.