E-cigarette use and asthma in a multiethnic sample of adolescents.

ABSTRACT: There is minimal evidence from epidemiological studies on how e-cigarette use is related to health indices in adolescence. We hypothesized that e-cigarette use would be associated with asthma, controlling for demographics and cigarette smoking. The hypothesis was tested with cross-sectional data from a statewide sample of school students. Surveys were administered in classrooms in 2015 to adolescents in 33 high schools throughout the State of Hawaii. The sample (N=6089) was 50% female and mean age was 15.8years. Data were obtained on demographics; ever use and current (past 30days) use of e-cigarettes, combustible cigarettes, and marijuana; ever being diagnosed with asthma; and currently having asthma. Multinomial regression examined the association between e-cigarette use and asthma contr

SUBMITTER: Schweitzer RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5653431 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature