Effect of passive exposure to cigarette smoke on blood pressure in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies

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Authors

Mahshid Aryanpur · Masih Daneshvari Hospital

Mahmoud Yousefifard · Iran University of Medical Sciences

Alireza Oraii · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Gholamreza Heydari · Masih Daneshvari Hospital

Mehdi Kazempour Dizaji · Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Hooman Sharifi · Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Mostafa Hosseini

Abstract

Both active and passive cigarette smoking were not associated with developing hypertension in children and adolescents. However, passive cigarette smoke was associated with higher level of systolic blood pressure in children and adolescents.

Topics & Keywords

Nutritional Studies and Diet Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Pediatrics

Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 161-161

DOI: 10.1186/s12887-019-1506-7

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