Parental Smoking in Childhood and Brachial Artery Flow-Mediated Dilatation in Young Adults The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study and the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study



: Juonala M, Magnussen CG, Venn A, Gall S, Kahonen M, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Lehtimaki T, Jokinen E, Sun C, Viikari JSA, Dwyer T, Raitakari OT

Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

: 2012

: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

: ARTERIOSCL THROM VAS

: 4

: 32

: 4

: 1024

: 1031

: 8

: 1079-5642

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.243261


Conclusion-Parental smoking in youth is associated with reduced flow-mediated dilatation in young adulthood measured over 20 years later. These findings suggest that passive exposure to cigarette smoke among children might cause irreversible impairment in endothelium-dependent vasodilation. (Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012; 32: 1024-1031.)



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