Pre- and postnatal exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke and body composition at 12 years: periods of susceptibility.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study aimed to identify periods of heightened susceptibility to the effects of pre- and postnatal secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure on body composition at age 12 years.

Methods

The study used data from 217 children from the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study, a prospective cohort in Cincinnati, Ohio. Using multiple informant models, the study estimated associations of maternal serum cotinine (16 and 26 weeks of pregnancy) and child serum cotinine concentrations (at age 12, 24, 36, and 48 months) with measures of body composition obtained with anthropometry and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry at 12 years. We examined whether there were differences between these associations for pre- and postnatal exposure periods and potential ef

SUBMITTER: Mourino N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9335905 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature