Increased incidence of asthma in children of smoking mothers
FD Martinez, M Cline, B Burrows - Pediatrics, 1992 - publications.aap.org
The relationship between parental smoking and both subsequent development of asthma
and subsequent lung function (before age 12) was studied in more than 700 children
enrolled before age 5. Children of mothers with 12 or fewer years of education and who
smoked 10 or more cigarettes per day were 2.5 times more likely (95% confidence interval
1.42 to 4.59; P=. 0018) to develop asthma and had 15.7% lower maximal midexpiratory flow
(P<. 001) than children of mothers with the same education level who did not smoke or …
and subsequent lung function (before age 12) was studied in more than 700 children
enrolled before age 5. Children of mothers with 12 or fewer years of education and who
smoked 10 or more cigarettes per day were 2.5 times more likely (95% confidence interval
1.42 to 4.59; P=. 0018) to develop asthma and had 15.7% lower maximal midexpiratory flow
(P<. 001) than children of mothers with the same education level who did not smoke or …