Table 3.54. Associations between risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality or morbidity and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among persons who never smoked, reviews

ReviwReferences * Qualitative reviewPopulationPooled relative risk (95% confidence intervalEstimated number of deaths from CHD/year among women and men combined
National Research council 1986 1-4YesNR ** NRNR
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1986b 1-4YesNRNRNR
Wells 1988, 1989 1-6Nowomen
men
1.2 (1.1-1.4)§
1.3 (1.1-1.6)§
31,900
Wu-Williams and Samet 1990 1-6YesNRNRNR
Glantz and Parmley 1991 1-10YesWomen
Men
Women and Men
1.3 (1.2-1.4)§
1.3 (1.1-1.6)§
1.3 (1.2-1.4)§
37,000
Steenland 1992 1, 3-9, 11YesNRNR28,026
Wells 1994 1, 3-5
7-14, 15
YesWomen
Women
Men
Men
Women and Men
Women and Men
1.2 (1.1-1.4) >§<§
1.5 (1.2-2.0)
1.3 (1.03-1.5) >§<§
1.3 (0.9-1.8)
1.2 (1.1-1.4) >§<§
1.4 (1.1-1.8)
61,912
Law et al. 1997B1, 3-5, 7-9,
11-13, 15-20
YesWomen and men1.3 (1.2-1.3)§
Wells 1998 1, 3-5, 7-20YesWomen
Women
Men
Men
Women and men
Women and men
2.8 (0.95-8.3) >§<§
1.9 (1.3-3.0)
1.1 (0.2-5.2) >§<§
2.7 (0.6-12.1)
1.2 (1.1-1.3)>§<§
1.5 (1.3-1.8)
He et al. 1999 1, 3-5, 7-19YesWomen
Men
1.2 (1.2-1.3)§
1.2 (1.1-1.4)§
NR
*

References included Hirayama 1984b (1), Gillis et al. 1984 (2), Garland et al. 1985 (3), Lee et al. 1986 (4), Svendsen et al. 1987 (5), Helsing et al. 1988 (6), He et al. 1989 (7), Hole et al. 1989 (8), Humble et al. 1990 (9), Butler 1988 (10), Dobson et al. 1991b (11), He et al. 1994 (12), La Vecchia et al. 1993a (13), Jackson 1989 (14), Sandler et al. 1989 (15), Muscat and Wynder 1995a (16), Steenland et al. 1996 (17), Kawachi et al. 1997a (18), Ciruzzi et al. 1998 (19), Tunstall-Pedoe et al. 1995 (20). References 2 and 8 described the same study population; references 6 and 15 described the same study population.

**

NR = Data not calculated or not reported.

§

CHD mortality and morbidity.

>§<§

CHD mortality.

morbidity.

From: Chapter 3. Health Consequences of Tobacco Use Among Women

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