ArticleThe Korean journal of internal medicine2021
Association between secondhand smoke exposure and new-onset hypertension in self-reported never smokers verified by cotinine.
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- Passive smoking and the risk of hypertension in nonsmoking adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.PeerJ · 2026Pooled it
- Assessment of smoking exposure by urine cotinine levels in severe COVID-19 patients: a case-control study.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- Association between Passive Smoking and Hypertension: A Panel Study with 621.506 Adults from Brazil.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2025Article
- Association of secondhand smoke with fracture risk in community-dwelling nonsmoking adults in Korea.JBMR plus · 2024Article
- Global burden of stroke attributable to secondhand smoke in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: analysis of the global burden of disease study.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Association between the Urine Cotinine Level and Blood Pressure in Korean Adults with Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Korea National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey 2016-2018.Korean journal of family medicine · 2023Article
- Effects of chronic secondhand smoke exposure on cardiovascular regulation and the role of soluble epoxide hydrolase in mice.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Prediction of metabolic syndrome and its associated risk factors in patients with chronic kidney disease using machine learning techniques.Jornal brasileiro de nefrologiaArticle
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Abstract
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aimsThere is no study assessing the effect of changes of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure and new-onset hypertension. We investigated the effect of a change of SHS exposure status on new-onset hypertension in self-reported and cotinine-verified never smokers.
methodsOut of individuals enrolled in the Kangbuk Samsung Health Study between 2011 and 2016, 87,486 self-reported and cotinine-verified never smokers without hypertension at baseline visit were included with a median follow-up of 36 months. Individuals were divided into four groups on the basis of their SHS exposure status at baseline and at follow-up: no, new, former, and sustained SHS exposure groups.
resultsThe incidence rates per 10,000 person-year of new-onset hypertension in no, new, former, and sustained SHS exposure groups were 84.7, 113.3, 102.0, and 123.7, respectively (p < 0.001). A multivariable Cox-hazard analyses showed that new and sustained SHS exposure groups increased their hazard ratio (HR) for new-onset hypertension compared to no SHS exposure group (HR, 1.31; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.08 to 1.60 for new SHS exposure group; and HR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.06 to 1.45 for sustained SHS exposure group). However, being part of the former SHS exposure group did not increase the risk of new-onset hypertension (HR, 0.91; 95% CI, 0.81 to 1.03).
conclusionThis study showed that either new, or sustained SHS exposure, but not former SHS exposure, increased the risk for new-onset hypertension in self-reported never smokers verified as nonsmokers by urinary cotinine. These findings show the possibility that changing exposure to SHS even for a relatively short period can modify the risk of new-onset hypertension in self-reported and cotinine-verified never smokers.
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