Sturm Jesse J, Yeatts Karin, Loomis Dana
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2004 Feb;94(2):308-13. doi: 10.2105/ajph.94.2.308.
We sought to determine the effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and childhood cigarette smoking on asthma symptoms among middle school children in North Carolina.
During 1999-2000, information was collected from a survey completed by the children. Outcomes of asthma symptom reporting were regressed on tobacco smoke exposures.
Children who currently smoked or reported any exposure to ETS were at increased risk of reporting active asthma symptoms. Exposure to ETS and childhood cigarette smoking was responsible for 15% of the asthma cases observed in the study population and $1.34 million in excess medical expenditures.
Even at low levels of exposure, childhood cigarette smoking and ETS are independently associated with asthmatic symptoms.
我们试图确定接触环境烟草烟雾(ETS)和儿童期吸烟对北卡罗来纳州中学生哮喘症状的影响。
在1999 - 2000年期间,从孩子们完成的一项调查中收集信息。哮喘症状报告的结果根据烟草烟雾暴露情况进行回归分析。
当前吸烟或报告曾接触过ETS的儿童报告出现活动性哮喘症状的风险增加。接触ETS和儿童期吸烟导致研究人群中观察到的哮喘病例的15%,并造成了134万美元的额外医疗支出。
即使在低暴露水平下,儿童期吸烟和ETS也与哮喘症状独立相关。