EFFECT OF PARENTAL CIGARETTE-SMOKING ON THE PULMONARY-FUNCTION OF CHILDREN
EFFECT OF PARENTAL CIGARETTE-SMOKING ON THE PULMONARY-FUNCTION OF CHILDREN
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112783
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
SPEIZER, FE
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作者:
TAGER, IB;WEISS, ST;SPEIZER, FE
The effects of parental smoking patterns on the pulmonary function of children in East Boston, Massachusetts [USA] was investigated. A crude inverse dose-response relationship was observed between the level of FEF25-75% [forced expiratory flow of 25-75% of the forced vital capacity] predicted of children who never smoked and the number of smoking parents in the household. Compared to children with 2 nonsmoking parents, the level of FEF25-75% predicted was 0.156 and 0.355 SD lower for children with 1 and 2 currently smoking parents, respectively. An additional decline in level of FEF25-75% predicted was observed for children who themselves smoked. Smoking children with 2 smoking parents had an average FEF25-75% predicted level which was 0.355 SD lower than nonsmoking children with 2 smoking parents. Cigarette smoking by young children and teenagers has direct measurable effects on their pulmonary function, but also show that cigarette smoking by parents has a measurable effect on the pulmonary function of their children which is independent of any direct use of cigarettes by the children. [This study is relevant to the epidemiology of obstructive airways disease in children.].