Continued smoking versus spontaneous quitting among pregnant women living in a high risk environment.

Objectives: In Hungary, 37% of women living in poverty were smokers in 2012. There are no valid data of pregnant women's spontaneous smoking cessation.

Methods: Our retrospective cohort study (2009-2012) targeted the most underdeveloped regions with an estimated 6-8.

[Birth weight of Roma neonates: effect of biomedical and socioeconomic factors in Hungary].

Introduction: The last Hungarian study on birth weight of Roma neonates published in 1991 indicated -377 gram crude difference as compared to the general population. Exploration of this complex problem requires more sophisticated, multifactorial linear regression analysis.

Aim: To compare Roma and non-Roma maternal and neonatal populations using biomedical and socioeconomic variables focusing on differences in the birth weight of the neonates.

Birth-weight differences of Roma and non-Roma neonates--public health implications from a population-based study in Hungary.

Objective: This study analyses the role of ethnicity-based birth weight differences at term (37-42 weeks) between neonates of Roma and non-Roma populations in Hungary, controlling for socio-demographic and biological characteristics of the mothers.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey among 9,040 mothers coupled with biometric data of the neonates was conducted in 2010. Inclusion criteria were: at term (37-42 weeks gestation) non-pathological pregnancies, and self-reported ethnicity.

Risk factors of preterm birth and low birth weight babies among Roma and non-Roma mothers: a population-based study.

Background: In 2009, 8.4% of live births in Hungary were low birth weight (LBW) and 8.7% were preterm (PTB).