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. 2013 Jan 29;11(1):3. doi: 10.1186/1617-9625-11-3

Table 2.

Health outcomes of non-smokers exposed to SHS in the home

Study ID N Outcome OR/RR for SHS exposure compared to non-exposure P value
Accidents
Reading et al. 2008[16]
11,332 families
For maternal smoking vs. non-smoking:
 
 
All accidents
RR 1.17, 95% CI 1.12-1.23
<0.01
Medically attended accidents
RR 1.23, 95% CI 1.14-1.32
<0.01
Asthma and Related Symptoms
Isle of Wight Birth Cohort
Arshad et al. 2005[17]
1,373
Asthma at age 10 by parental smoking at age 1 vs. non-smoking
OR 1.99; 95% CI 1.15-3.45,
0.014
Wheeze at age 10 by parental smoking at age 4 vs. non-smoking
OR 2.18; 95% CI 1.25-3.81
0.006
Kurukulaaratchy et al. 2003[18]
169
Bronchial hyper-responsiveness at 10 years by parental smoking at age 4 vs. non-smoking
OR 2.62, 95% CI 1.03-6.71
0.04
Kurukulaaratchy et al. 2004[19]
206
Early-onset persistent wheeze at age 10 vs. no parental smoking:
by parental smoking at birth
OR 1.88, 95% CI 1.27-2.77
0.001
by parental smoking at 1 year
OR 2.05, 95% CI 1.39-3.02
<0.001
 
by parental smoking at 2 years
OR 2.00, 95% CI 1.33-3.00
0.001
by parental smoking at 4 years
OR 2.25, 95% CI 1.52-3.32
<0.001
Kurukulaaratchy et al. 2006[20]
340
Wheeze ever vs. no parental smoking
by parental smoking at 1 years
OR 1.54, 95% CI 1.07-2.22
0.02
by parental smoking at 2 years
OR 1.51, 95% CI 1.04-2.21
0.03
by parental smoking at 4 years
OR 1.80, 95% CI 1.25-2.58
0.001
Tariq et al. 2000[21]
1,218
Asthma at 4 years by exposure to SHS in the home in early childhood vs. no exposure
OR 1.2, 95% CI 0.3-2.7
NR
Any allergic hypersensitivity at 4 years by exposure to SHS in the home in early childhood vs. no exposure
OR 1.1, 95% CI 0.6-1.6
NR
Other studies
 
 
 
 
 
Hennessy et al. 2008[22]
219
Any wheeze at 6 years by exposure at 30 months vs. no exposure
OR 2.04, 95% CI 1.10-3.81
0.024
218
Exercise-induced wheeze at 6 years by exposure at 30 months vs. no exposure
OR 2.14, 95% CI 1.11-4.12
0.022
219
Night cough at 6 years by exposure at 30 months vs. no exposure)
OR 1.62, 95% CI 0.91-2.87
0.098
Murray et al. 2004[23]
369
For mother smoking postnatally vs. non-smoking
 
 
 
 
Wheeze ever
OR 1.93, 95% CI 1.10-3.38 (adjusted analysis)
0.02
 
Wheeze in first year
OR 1.79, 95% CI 1.05-3.08 (adjusted analysis)
0.03
Trinder et al. 2000[24]
2996
Severe respiratory symptoms
OR 1.4, 95% CI 1.0-1.8
NR
Chen et al. 2001[25]
301
Lung function: mean residuals of FEV1 and FVC
NR
>0.05
Palmer et al. 2006[26]
504
Lung function
NR
>0.05
Gee et al. 2005[27]
95 controls
Difference in indoor pollutant levels between asthma cases and controls
NR
>0.05 for all pollutants
105 cases
Forbes et al. 2007[28]
394 controls
A&E attendance in asthma patients
OR 1.12, 95% CI 0.80-1.58 (adjusted analysis)
NR
 
1018 cases
 
 
 
 
Crombie et al. 2001[29]
501 families
Health service contacts for asthma by number of cigarettes smoked by parent per day (compared to 0–5)
6-10
IRR 0.81, 95% CI 0.71-0.92
0.0002 for trend
438 children
11-15
IRR 0.70, 95% CI 0.59-0.83
16-20
IRR 0.74, 95% CI 0.61-0.91
>20
IRR 0.66, 95% CI 0.47-0.93
Birth weight
Ward et al. 2007[30]
16,756 parents
Mean birth weight (kg) difference between SHS exposed and non-exposed non smoking mothers
crude
NR
<0.001
adjusted
 
0.025
Bone Characteristics
Macdonald Wallis et al. 2011[31]
3591
TBLH bone area in girls at age 10 by paternal smoking during pregnancy vs. no smoking
NA
0.029 (fully adjusted analysis)
Breast Cancer
 
 
 
 
 
Roddam et al. 2007[32]
640 controls, 639 cases
Breast cancer in never smokers
RR 0.89, 95% CI 0.64-1.25
NR
Cognitive Impairment
Llewellyn et al. 2009[33]
4809
Cognitive impairment by cotinine level quartile in non-smoker (compared to lowest quartile):
 
 
 
Second quartile cotinine level
OR 1.08, 95% CI 0.78-1.48
0.02 for trend
Third quartile cotinine level
OR 1.13, 95% CI 0.81-1.56
 
Fourth quartile cotinine level
OR 1.44, 95% CI 1.07-1.94
 
Dental Caries
Williams et al. 2000[34]
763
Dental caries
 
 
 
Non-manual occupations (n = 458)
OR 1.96, 1.00–3.85
0.05
Manual occupations (n = 280)
OR 1.55, 1.02–2.35
<0.05
Meningitis Carriage and Disease
MacLennan et al. 2006[35]
13,919
Meningococcal carriage in exposed (n = 5064)
OR 1.17, 95% CI 1.05-1.30
0.004
vs. non-exposed (n = 8547)
Coen 2006[36] 144 survivors
Meningococcal disease in adolescents exposed to smokers OR 1.83; 95% CI 1.0–3.3 0.01
144 matched controls

A&E, accident and emergency; CI, confidence interval; IFEV, forced expiratory volume; FVC, forced vital capacity; RR, incidence rate ratio; NA, not appropriate; NR, not reported; OR, odds ratio; RR, risk ratio; TBLH, total body less head.