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Association of exposure level to passive smoking with hypertension among lifetime nonsmokers in Japan: a cross-sectional study.
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- Passive smoking and the risk of hypertension in nonsmoking adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.PeerJ · 2026Pooled it
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- Effects of chronic secondhand smoke exposure on cardiovascular regulation and the role of soluble epoxide hydrolase in mice.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Prevalence and determinants of unmet needs for hypertension care among the older population in Selangor: cross-sectional study.Health research policy and systems · 2022Article
- Difference in the prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors depending on area-level deprivation in Japan.BMC research notes · 2022Article
- Association Between Passive Smoking and Menstrual Discomfort: A Cross-Sectional Study of 2,571 Non-smoking Chinese Nurses.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Second-hand smoking, hypertension and cardiovascular risk: findings from Peru.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2021Article
- Association between secondhand smoke exposure and new-onset hypertension in self-reported never smokers verified by cotinine.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2021Article
- Associations of exposure to secondhand smoke with hypertension risk and blood pressure values in adults.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Passive smoking exposure and the risk of hypertension among non-smoking adults: the 2015-2016 NHANES data.Clinical hypertension · 2021Article
- Association between plasma levels of homocysteine, folate, and vitamin BScientific reports · 2020Article
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29 authors at 13 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Brief exposure to passive smoking immediately elevates blood pressure. However, little is known about the association between exposure to passive smoking and chronic hypertension. We aimed to examine this association in a cross-sectional study, after controlling multiple potential confounders.Participants included 32,098 lifetime nonsmokers (7,216 men and 24,882 women) enrolled in the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort Study. Passive smoking was assessed using a self-administered questionnaire. The single question about exposure to passive smoking had five response options: "sometimes or almost never," "almost every day, 2 hours/day or less," "almost every day, 2 to 4 hours/day," "almost every day, 4 to 6 hours/day," and "almost every day, 6 hours/day or longer." Hypertension was defined as any of the following: systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg, or use of antihypertensive medication. Multivariate-adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for hypertension were estimated by exposure level to passive smoking using unconditional logistic regression models.The multivariate-adjusted OR for hypertension in those exposed almost every day was 1.11 (95% CI: 1.03-1.20) compared with those exposed sometimes or almost never. The OR for a 1-hour per day increase in exposure was 1.03 (95% CI: 1.01-1.06, Pfor trend = .006). This association was stronger in men than in women; the ORs were 1.08 (95% CI: 1.01-1.15, Pfor trend = .036) and 1.03 (95% CI: 1.00-1.05, Pfor trend = .055), respectively.Our findings suggest importance of tobacco smoke control for preventing hypertension.
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