Summary Outdoor and indoor air pollution pollutants can be a potential cause
to a lot of negative effects on the health of pregnant women and outcome of
pregnancy. The objective of this paper was to estimate the influence of
outdoor and indoor air pollution on the health of pregnant women and outcome
of pregnancy. Material and Methods The study subjects were the pregnant
women, non-smokers, who were not professionally exposed to air pollution.
They were divided into the exposed group (n=189) and control group (n=178)
during the exposure to outdoor air pollution. The data on exposure to sources
of indoor air pollution (smoke produced by burning fossil fuels and passive
smoking) during pregnancy were obtained from the questionnaire. Data on
health condition and outcome of pregnancy were obtained from medical records
of tested pregnant women. Results. The research results have shown that the
frequency of anemia (OR=6.76; 95% CI=1.28-7.72), upper respiratory symptoms
(OR=9.53; 95% CI=1.32-3.8) and bleeding (OR=20.5; 95% CI=2.03-6.97) was
significantly higher in pregnant women exposed to outdoor air pollution as
compared with the control group. The occurrence of upper respiratory symptoms
(OR=40.42; 95% CI=2.96-8.91) and bleeding (OR=53.21; 95% CI=4.3-15.73) was
significantly higher in pregnant women who had been exposed to fossil fuel
smoke. Exposure to passive smoking had significant influence on the
development of upper respiratory symptoms (OR=34.58; 95% CI=3.05-11.66).
Influence of air pollution on pregnant women’s health and pregnancy outcomes
