Passive smoking and croup.
The relationship between croup and the presence of household cigarette consumption was assessed in a matched-pair case control study. Fifty subjects with a primary hospital discharge diagnosis of croup were paired with children with a primary hospital discharge diagnosis of abdominal hernia. The results yielded an estimated relative risk of 0.82. The power of this study to detect a relative risk of 2.0 was 38%. This study fails to show a relationship between passive smoking and croup in early childhood.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003440:Croup / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007827:Laryngitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012306:Risk; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution