Parental smoking, socioeconomic factors, and risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children: a population based case-control study
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
10906015
PubMed Central
PMC1718425
DOI
10.1136/adc.83.2.117
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Family Characteristics MeSH
- Child MeSH
- Confidence Intervals MeSH
- Infant MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Meningococcal Infections etiology MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Multivariate Analysis MeSH
- Crowding MeSH
- Infant, Newborn MeSH
- Child, Preschool MeSH
- Risk Factors MeSH
- Parents MeSH
- Socioeconomic Factors MeSH
- Case-Control Studies MeSH
- Educational Status MeSH
- Tobacco Smoke Pollution adverse effects MeSH
- Check Tag
- Child MeSH
- Infant MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Infant, Newborn MeSH
- Child, Preschool MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Tobacco Smoke Pollution MeSH
AIMS: To investigate the effects of parental smoking, socioeconomic characteristics, and indoor environment on the risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children. METHODS: Population based case-control study. A total of 68 incident cases of invasive meningococcal disease in children less than 15 years old were compared with 135 controls selected from the same school and matched for year of birth, sex, and place of residence. Information on exposures was obtained in interviews with parents. RESULTS: Invasive meningococcal disease was strongly associated with parental smoking; rate ratios adjusted for socioeconomic factors were 3.5 (95% confidence interval 1.4-8.7) for smoking of mother, 3.2 (1.5-6.9) for smoking of father, and 2.7 (1.3-5.4) for every 20 cigarettes smoked at home on an average day. The risk of the disease was strongly inversely related to maternal education and, less strongly, to ownership of a car and of a weekend house, father's education, crowding, and the number of siblings, but these associations were reduced or eliminated in multivariate models. The type of heating and cooking (used as proxies for indoor air pollution) were not associated with the disease. CONCLUSION: The risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children is strongly influenced by parental smoking and unfavourable socioeconomic circumstances.
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