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July 1, 2001Environmental Health PerspectivesOpen Access

Acute exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and heart rate variability.

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Why the study?

Does acute exposure to environmental tobacco smoke reduce heart rate variability in adult nonsmokers?

Population

16 adult nonsmokers

Comparison

Acute exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in… vs 2 hours in nonsmoking area

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

8 hours

Authors

CPC. Arden PopeBrigham Young UniversityDEDelbert J. EatoughBrigham Young UniversityDGDiane R. GoldBrigham Young University

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Implication

Acute ETS may impair autonomic function in nonsmokers; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before guiding exposure policy.

Structured PICO

Does acute exposure to environmental tobacco smoke reduce heart rate variability in adult nonsmokers?

P
Population
16 adult nonsmokers
I
Intervention
Acute exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in a commercial airport (2 hours in smoking area)
C
Comparator
2 hours in nonsmoking area
O
Outcome
Heart rate variability (HRV) measured by time and frequency domain measuressurrogate

Acute exposure to environmental tobacco smoke significantly reduces heart rate variability in nonsmokers, indicating altered cardiac autonomic function.

Cite This Study

Pope et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a702b436c240de38cdbb3b4https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.01109711

Topics

Women and heart disease
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