1. Childhood Exposure to Parental Smoking and Midlife Cognitive Function The Young Finns Study
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Rovio, S. P. (Suvi P.), Pihlman, J. (Jukka), Pahkala, K. (Katja), Juonala, M. (Markus), Magnussen, C. G. (Costan G.), Pitkänen, N. (Niina), Ahola-Olli, A. (Ari), Salo, P. (Pia), Kähönen, M. (Mika), Hutri-Kähönen, N. (Nina), Lehtimäki, T. (Terho), Jokinen, E. (Eero), Laitinen, T. (Tomi), Taittonen, L. (Leena), Tossavainen, P. (Päivi), Viikari, J. S. (Jorma S. A.), Raitakari, O. T. (Olli T.), Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Genomics of Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, University of Helsinki, HUS Children and Adolescents, Lastentautien yksikkö, and Children's Hospital
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SECONDHAND SMOKE ,parental smoking ,passive smoking ,NICOTINE EXPOSURE ,Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery ,ADULTHOOD ,PERFORMANCE ,3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health ,COTININE ,AGE ,CIGARETTE-SMOKE ,SELF-REPORTED SMOKING ,CARDIOVASCULAR RISK-FACTORS ,OXIDATIVE STRESS ,tobacco smoke ,cognitive function ,secondhand smoke - Abstract
We studied whether exposure to parental smoking in childhood/adolescence is associated with midlife cognitive function, leveraging data from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. A population-based cohort of 3,596 children/adolescents aged 3–18 years was followed between 1980 and 2011. In 2011, cognitive testing was performed on 2,026 participants aged 34–49 years using computerized testing. Measures of secondhand smoke exposure in childhood/adolescence consisted of parental self-reports of smoking and participants’ serum cotinine levels. Participants were classified into 3 exposure groups: 1) no exposure (nonsmoking parents, cotinine
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- 2020