Passive and Active Tobacco Exposure and Children's Lipid Profiles.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite reductions in smoking rates, exposure to cigarette smoke remains common among US children and adolescents. In adults, active smoking and secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure have been linked to adverse changes in lipid profiles and increases in inflammatory markers. Evidence that such changes are present before adulthood remains limited, and the extent to which active smoking and SHS exposure affect these cardiovascular measures in children has not been thoroughly assessed.

Methods

We employed data from 2008 individuals aged 12-19 years from the 2005-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Comparisons of the lipid and inflammatory marker levels among active smokers, those exposed to SHS (as determined by serum cotinine levels), and those unexpo

SUBMITTER: Zakhar J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5942609 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature