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- Title
Risk of congenital heart disease due to exposure to common electrical appliances during early pregnancy: a case-control study.
- Authors
Zhao, Doudou; Guo, Leqian; Zhang, Ruo; Zhu, Qixia; Wang, Hongli; Liu, Rong; Yan, Hong; Dang, Shaonong
- Abstract
To examine the association between exposure to common electrical appliances in early pregnancy and congenital heart disease (CHD). A case-control study of 2339 participants was conducted in six hospitals in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, Northwest China from 2014 to 2016. All infants with CHD were diagnosed according to ICD-10 classification. Selected controls consisted of newborns from the same hospital, without any birth defects, and 1:3 matched by birthdate. We conducted personal interviews with the mothers to gather information on any exposure to electrical appliances during pregnancy. Multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate the effects of exposure to common electrical appliances on CHD. We observed that the mothers exposed to computers (OR: 1.33, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.71), induction cookers (OR: 2.79, 95% CI: 2.19, 3.55), and microwave ovens (OR: 1.53, 95% CI: 1.01, 2.31) during early pregnancy were more likely to give birth to infants with CHD. Mothers who wore radiation protection suits (OR: 0.67, 95% CI: 0.52, 0.87) during early pregnancy decreased the risk of CHD in their neonate. There was an interaction for induction cooker exposure with wore radiation protection suits on CHD (RERI: − 1.44, 95% CI: − 2.48, − 0.39; S: 0.37, 95% CI: 0.16, 0.84; AP: − 0.79, 95% CI: − 1.53, − 0.05). Our study confirmed that exposure to some electrical appliances was associated with a higher risk of CHD, and wearing a radiation protection suit was associated with a lower risk of CHD. Women should therefore reduce the usage of electrical appliances before and during pregnancy.
- Subjects
XI'AN Shi (China); SHAANXI Sheng (China); CONGENITAL heart disease; CASE-control method; RADIATION protection; PREGNANCY; MICROWAVE ovens
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2021, Vol 28, Issue 4, p4739
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-020-10852-7