Factors associated with second-hand smoke exposure in young inner-city children with asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the association of social and environmental factors with levels of second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure, as measured by salivary cotinine, in young inner-city children with asthma.

Methods

We used data drawn from a home-based behavioral intervention for young high-risk children with persistent asthma post-emergency department (ED) treatment (N = 198). SHS exposure was measured by salivary cotinine and caregiver reports. Caregiver demographic and psychological functioning, household smoking behavior, and asthma morbidity were compared with child cotinine concentrations. Chi-square and ANOVA tests and multivariate regression models were used to determine the association of cotinine concentrations with household smoking behavior and asthma morbidity.

Result

SUBMITTER: Butz AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3113681 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature