title: [Effect of smoking in the families of newborn infants on levels of immunoglobulin E in cord blood].
abstract: The influence of active and passive parental cigarette smoking on cord blood IgE levels of their offspring was assessed. The geometric means of cord blood IgE levels in 110 of newborn infants of smoking and nonsmoking mothers were calculated in the entire analysed group and in families with a positive family history of atopy. The results were not statistically significant for the entire analysed group. The higher cord blood IgE concentrations in infants of nonsmoking mothers in the families with a positive family history of atopy were due to the influence of a genetic factor on IgE synthesis by the fetus.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych Dzieci Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ołdak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D018811:Maternal Exposure; D018812:Paternal Exposure; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D012907:Smoking / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E
vernacular_title: Wpływ palenia papierosów w rodzinach nowo narodzonych dzieci na stezenie immunoglobuliny E we krwi pepowinowej.