Abstract
RationaleEnvironmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure increases asthma risk in children. There is limited knowledge of prenatal ETS for adult-onset asthma.ObjectivesTo determine the association between prenatal ETS and adult onset asthma.Measurements and main resultsThe questionnaire and clinical data of 5200 people, free of physician-diagnosed asthma by 31 years of age, who were included in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study was used. The association of maternal smoking during the last 3 months of pregnancy with onset of physician-diagnosed asthma and with lung function in adult offspring was studied using adjusted multivariate regression analyses. The cumulative incidence of physician-diagnosed asthma between the ages of 31 and 46 years was 5.1% among men and 8.8% among women. Gestational smoke exposure was associated with adult-onset asthma among offspring (adjusted OR 1.54, 95% CI 1.04–2.29), namely among offspring who reported either past non-diagnosed asthma (OR 9.63, 95% CI 2.28–40.67) or past cough with wheeze (3.21, 95% CI 1.71–6.05). A significant association was detected between gestational smoke exposure and the offspring's forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio at 31 years of age. In offspring with the haplotype rs11702779-AA of RUNX1, gestational smoke exposure was associated with adult-onset asthma (5.53, 95% CI 2.11–14.52, adjusted p-value for interaction 0.10).ConclusionMaternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with the cumulative incidence of asthma in offspring between the ages of 31 and 46 years. The association was accentuated in offspring who at age 31, reported having past respiratory problems and/or who had haplotype rs11702779-AA. A reduction in FEV1/FVC ratio was also observed at age 31 years in offspring with gestational smoke exposure. These results could reflect the early vulnerability of offspring's airways to ETS and its putative long-term effects.
Funder
Väinö and Laina Kivi Foundation
State funding for university-level health research
Suomen Kulttuurirahasto
Tampereen TuberkuloosisäätiÖ
Paulon Säätiö
Finnish Society of Allergology and Immunology
Jane ja Aatos Erkon Säätiö
Publisher
European Respiratory Society (ERS)
Subject
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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