Association of prenatal and childhood environment smoking exposure with puberty timing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Mothers who smoke during pregnancy or while their children are small were common in some populations. Epidemiological studies have tried to detect the effect of prenatal tobacco smoke (PTS), and childhood environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) on puberty timing have not shown a consensus results. We aimed to examine current evidence and estimate the associations between PTS or/and ETS and puberty timing.

Methods

Seven databases were searched from inception to May 2017. All the cohort studies examining the associations between PTS and/or ETS and puberty timing were identified. Two reviewers independently screened all studies, evaluated the quality of eligible studies, and extracted the data. The quality assessment of the eligible cohort studies was based on the Newcastl

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6052528 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature