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. 2020 Feb 25;17(5):1472. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051472

Table 2.

Summary of identified endpoints in three umbrella systematic literature reviews and corresponding attributable burden of disease (in DALY).

Endpoint Age Group Background Burden (in DALY) Attributable Disease Burden (in DALY)
Maternal Smoking Preterm Birth Low Birth Weight Childhood Overweight & Obesity Total
1 Cancer
1.1 Acute leukemia <20 years 806 3.9 6.8 n/a 32 43
1.2 Lymphoma <20 years 238 7 n/a n/a n/a 7
1.3 Nervous system cancer <20 years 832 5.2 n/a n/a n/a 5.2
1.4 Testicular cancer <20 years 11 n/a n/a 0.22 n/a 0.22
1.5 Wilms’ tumor <20 years 95 n/a 1.6 n/a n/a 1.6
1.6 Other cancer a ≥20 years 41,647 n/a n/a n/a 2570 2570
2 Cardiovascular
2.1 Coronary heart disease All ages 157,588 n/a n/a 2066 3184 5250
2.2 Essential hypertension All ages 12,532 n/a 153 n/a 1323 1477
2.3 Stroke All ages 71,952 n/a n/a n/a 5088 5088
3 Mental & cognitive disorders
3.1 Depression ≥20 years 292 n/a n/a 2.6 3.5 6.1
3.2 Autism All ages 4528 n/a 55 167 n/a 223
3.3 Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder All ages 703 n/a 43 n/a 4.2 47
3.4 Intellectual disability All ages 1059 n/a 42 n/a n/a 42
4 Other groups
4.1 Diabetes All ages 55,898 n/a 1059 977 15,987 18,023
4.2 Asthma All ages 13,809 39 14 189 47 290
4.3 Congenital anomalies b All ages 8593 115 n/a n/a n/a 115
4.4 Chronic kidney disease All ages 11,807 n/a n/a 506 n/a 506
Sum 382,388 170 1376 3909 28,241 33,696
Indirectly attributable to maternal smoking 170 35 167 839 1211
Indirectly attributable to maternal smoking (%) 3 % 4 % 3 % 4 %

n/a: no statistically significant association identified. a Including esophageal adenocarcinoma, liver cancer, multiple myeloma, pancreatic cancer, thyroid cancer. b Including the following congenital anomalies: heart anomalies, orofacial clefts, digestive anomalies, musculoskeletal anomalies.