PMID- 21219694
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110422
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 1815-7920 (Electronic)
IS  - 1027-3719 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 2
DP  - 2011 Feb
TI  - Exposure to tobacco smoke among asthmatic children: parents' smoking habits and 
      level of education.
PG  - 276-80, i
AB  - SETTING: Children's Hospital for Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis, Belgrade, 
      Serbia. OBJECTIVES: To compare parents' educational level and smoking habits with 
      asthma in children exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and in those not 
      exposed. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 231 asthmatic children (average 
      age 10.6 years, 49% boys) from smoking and non-smoking families were compared by 
      birth weight, birth length, first episode of wheezing, number of respiratory 
      infections and exacerbations per year, severity of asthma, number of 
      hospitalisations, total serum immunoglobulin E (IgE), skin prick tests and 
      allergic manifestations. RESULTS: In our study, 77% of the children were from 
      smoking families: 45.9% had active smoking mothers and 51% active smoking 
      fathers. Smoking was more common among parents with lower education level. The 
      mother being the only smoker in the family had a greater impact on respiratory 
      infections and asthma exacerbations in the first years of life; however, after 
      the third year, the effect of having both smoking parents was important. Children 
      exposed to ETS had more allergic manifestations. The percentage of children with 
      both non-smoking parents decreased and that of children with both smoking parents 
      increased with increasing asthma severity (chi(2) = 17.73, P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: 
      ETS has a negative impact on illness among children with asthma.
FAU - Radic, S D
AU  - Radic SD
AD  - Children's Hospital for Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis, Belgrade, Serbia. 
      drugari@hotmail.com
FAU - Gvozdenovic, B S
AU  - Gvozdenovic BS
FAU - Pesic, I M
AU  - Pesic IM
FAU - Zivkovic, Z M
AU  - Zivkovic ZM
FAU - Skodric-Trifunovic, V
AU  - Skodric-Trifunovic V
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - France
TA  - Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
JT  - The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal 
      of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
JID - 9706389
RN  - 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution)
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
CIN - Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Jul;15(7):994. PMID: 21682981
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Asthma/diagnosis/epidemiology/*etiology/therapy
MH  - Birth Weight
MH  - Body Size
MH  - Chi-Square Distribution
MH  - Child
MH  - Comorbidity
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Educational Status
MH  - Female
MH  - Hospitalization
MH  - Hospitals, Pediatric
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/blood
MH  - Intradermal Tests
MH  - Male
MH  - Parents/*education
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Serbia/epidemiology
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Smoking/*adverse effects/epidemiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Tobacco Smoke Pollution/*adverse effects
EDAT- 2011/01/12 06:00
MHDA- 2011/04/26 06:00
CRDT- 2011/01/12 06:00
PHST- 2011/01/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/01/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/04/26 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Feb;15(2):276-80, i.