Effetti del fumo passivo su alcune patologie di interesse pediatrico: risultati di uno studio caso/controllo (Pedianet)
Luigi Cantarutti1, Giacomo Toffol1, Pietro Basoccu1, Marco Bernuzzi1, Carmelo Bucolo1, Roberto Budassi1, Sandra Cozzani1, Giuseppe Elio1, Fabrizio Fusco1, Andrea Galvagno1, Giuseppe Giancola1, Costantino Gobbi1, Giuseppe Grillone1, Giuseppe Lietti1, Dominique Lorson1, Massimo Milani1, Laura Olimpi1, Angela Pasinato1, Andrea Passarella1, Bruno Ruffato1, Daniela Sambugaro1, Luigi Saretta1, Flavio Semenzato1, Paolo Senesi1, Walter Spanevello1, Sergio Speciale1, Paolo Tambaro1, Guido Vertua1, Salvatore Mannino2, Manola Bettio2, Gino Picelli3, Miriam Sturkenboom3, Carlo Giaquinto4. Progetto Pedianet;
1Pediatri di libera scelta; 2Osservatorio epidemiologico ASL Lodi; 3Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; 4Dipartimento di Pediatria, Padova
EFFECTS OF PASSIVE SMOKING ON PAEDIATRIC ILLNESSES. RESULTS OF A CASE/CONTROL STUDY
Key words: Passive smoking, Recurrent otitis media
A case/control study conducted through a questionnaire
by 28 family paediatricians in 389 children with recurrent otitis
media, sinusitis, bronchopneumonia and headache/migraine
showed a significant association: of passive smoking with recurrent
otitis media (OR 1.91; 95% IC: 1.01-3.63). Headache and sinusitis
were more frequent in children of fathers who suffered from the same
conditions. 65% of parents were smokers.
