Maternal cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption and congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
Julia FinnJonathan SuhlVijaya KancherlaKristin M ConwayJacob OlesonAlpa SidhuEirini NestoridiSarah C FisherSonja A RasmussenWei YangPaul A Romittinull nullPublished in: Birth defects research (2022)
Findings suggest that maternal early pregnancy exposure to cigarette smoking, but less so to alcohol consumption, contributes to CDH. These findings need to be replicated in additional large studies that use systematic case ascertainment and classification, detailed exposure assessment, and examine subtype-specific associations.