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Table 2 Associations between exposure to parental smoking and blood pressure in children and adolescents

From: Parental smoking and blood pressure in children and adolescents: a national cross-sectional study in China

Blood Pressure

Boys (N = 21,463)

Girls (N = 21,282)

Coeff (95% CI)

P

Coeff (95% CI)

P

SBP (mmHg)

 Crude Model

0.30 (−0.03,0.64)

0.08

1.03 (0.72,1.34)

< 0.001

 Model 1

0.24 (− 0.04,0.52)

0.09

0.68 (0.41,0.96)

< 0.001

 Model 2

0.06 (−0.22,0.33)

0.69

0.44 (0.16,0.72)

0.002

DBP (mmHg)

 Crude Model

0.18 (−0.06,0.41)

0.14

0.60 (0.38,0.83)

< 0.001

 Model 1

0.13 (−0.08,0.35)

0.23

0.40 (0.19,0.62)

< 0.001

 Model 2

0.0001 (−0.21,0.21)

0.99

0.26 (0.04,0.47)

0.02

  1. Participants reporting no exposure to parental smoking served as reference group
  2. Crude Model: no adjustment; Model 1: adjusted for age, height and body mass index; Model 2: further adjusted for lifestyle factors (exercise, fruit intake and vegetable intake), maternal educational level and parental hypertension
  3. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, SBP Systolic blood pressure
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