Exposure to parental smoking in childhood or adolescence is associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness in young adults: evidence from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study and the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study



: Gall S, Huynh QL, Magnussen CG, Juonala M, Viikari JSA, Kahonen M, Dwyer T, Raitakari OT, Venn A

Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS

: 2014

: European Heart Journal

: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

: EUR HEART J

: 35

: 36

: 2484

: 2491

: 8

: 0195-668X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehu049(external)


Conclusions These results show the pervasive effect of exposure to parental smoking on children's vascular health up to 25 years later. There must be continued efforts to reduce smoking among adults to protect young people and to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease across the population.




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