Why the study?
Does childhood exposure to parental smoking reduce brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation in young adulthood?
Population
2171 participants from the population-based Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns and Childhood Determinants of…
Comparison
Childhood exposure to parental smoking vs No childhood exposure to parental smoking
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
19 to 27 years
Authors
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Childhood parental smoking was associated with reduced adult FMD; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does childhood exposure to parental smoking reduce brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation in young adulthood?
Childhood exposure to parental smoking is associated with irreversible impairment in endothelium-dependent vasodilation in adulthood, highlighting the long-term cardiovascular harm of passive smoking in youth.
Juonala et al. (2012) studied this question.
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