Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure at Home and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels in Three-to-Five-Year-Old Children
| Autor: | Sinye Lim, Chul-Gab Lee, Su Young Kim, Hwan-Cheol Kim, Suejin Kim, Mina Ha, Eunkye Kang, Seong Sil Chang, Yu-Mi Kim, Kee-Jae Lee, Soo Young Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Parents cardiovascular risk factors preschool children Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Cardiovascular risk factors lcsh:Medicine environmental tobacco smoke 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Tobacco smoke Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Odds Ratio hs-CRP Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Environmental tobacco smoke exposure biology business.industry lcsh:R C-reactive protein Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Child Health Health Surveys Confidence interval Predictive factor C-Reactive Protein Child Preschool biology.protein Housing Female Tobacco Smoke Pollution business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 14, Iss 10, p 1105 (2017) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 14; Issue 10; Pages: 1105 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Exposure to harmful environmental factors is particularly detrimental to younger children. We investigated the relationship between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure in pre-schoolers at home and the level of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), a predictive factor for cardiovascular disease. This study was conducted in 2014 and was based on the data of preschool children from the Korean Environmental Health Survey in Children and Adolescents (2012 to 2014), a nationally representative sample. Of 577 children, aged three to five years, 482 were eventually selected for the analysis after excluding those with missing variables, or whose hs-CRP level exceeded the reference value. The proportion of pre-school children exposed to ETS at home was 14.8%. The odd ratios (OR)s of hs-CRP > 1mg/L were 4.90 (95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 1.04–23.17) and 11.66 (95% CI = 1.90–71.65) in the groups exposed to ETS 3–4 times and ≥5 times daily, respectively, compared to the non-exposed group. The risk of elevated levels of hs-CRP showed an increasing trend proportionally to the increase in ETS exposure frequency (p for trend = 0.03). Anti-smoking educational programs for parents and guardians may be helpful to reduce ETS exposure at home. |
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