Tobacco and Public Health - TCSC Indonesia

Table 17.4 Summary of pooled random effects odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals
Either parent smokes One parent smokes Both parents smoke Mother only smokes Father only smokes
OR (95% CI) (n) OR (95% CI) (n) OR (95% CI) (n) OR (95% CI) (n) OR (95% CI) (n)
Asthma 1.21 (1.10–1.34) (21) 1.04 (0.78–1.38) (6) 1.50 (1.29–1.73) (8) 1.36 (1.20–1.55) (11) 1.07 (0.92–1.24) (9)
Wheeze a 1.24 (1.17–1.31) (30) 1.18 (1.08–1.29) (21) 1.47 (1.14–1.90) (11) 1.28 (1.19–1.38) (18) 1.14 (1.06–1.23) (10)
Cough 1.40 (1.27–1.53) (30) 1.29 (1.11–1.51) (15) 1.67 (1.48–1.89) (16) 1.40 (1.20–1.64) (14) 1.21 (1.09–1.34) (9)
Phlegm b 1.35 (1.13–1.62) (6) 1.25 (0.97–1.63) (5) 1.46 (1.04–2.05) (5)
Breathless- 1.31 (1.08–1.59) (6)
ness b
Source: Cook and Strachan (1997).
Note: Number of studies in parentheses.
aExcluding EC study, in which the pooled odds ratio was 1.20.
bData for phlegm and breathlessness restricted as several comparisons are based on fewer than five studies.