EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION AND PASSIVE SMOKING ON RESPIRATORY FUNCTION IN CHILDREN 10-12 YEARS OLD
Abstract
IN ORDER TO ASSESS POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION AND PASSIVE SMOKING ON RESPIRATORY FUNCTION IN CHILDREN, A CROSS SECTIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEYWAS CARRIED OUT IN A POPULATION OF 887 CHILDREN 10-12 YEARS OLD OF ATHENS CITYOF EXTREMELY HIGH LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION AND 1032 CHILDREN OF SAME AGE, LIVING IN 4 OTHER CITIES IN GREECE WITH VERY LOW LEVELS OF OUTDOOR POLLUTION. ALL CHILDREN WERE INTERVIEWED TO A SINGLE QUESTIONNAIRE REGARDING SMOKING HABITS OF THEIR FAMILY RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND TIME LIVING IN THE CITY AND THEN UNDERWENTAN EXPIRATORY FLOW-VOLUME TEST. A TWO WAYS ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE AND COVARIANCEOF RESULTS WERE PERFORMED. WE FOUND THAT FEV, FVC ABD FVC% PREDICTED WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER IN CHILDREN LIVING IN THE HIGH POLLUTED AREA (P<0.0001). PASSIVE SMOKING IN ALL TWO LEVELS CONSIDERED WAS NOT FOUND TO INFLUENCE VENTILATORY FUNCTION. WE CONCLUDE THAT THE HIGHLY POLLUTED AIR OF ATHENS ADVERSELY AFFECTS RESPIRATORY FUNCTION OF CHILDREN.
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