Background This systematic and meta-analysis review aimed to provide an updated
estimate of the prevalence of ever and current cigarette smoking in women, in geographic …

Childhood obesity has become a worldwide epidemic in the 21st century. Its treatment is
challenging and often ineffective, among others due to complex, often not obvious causes …

Importance Hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease in adults; preclinical
associations between hypertension and cardiovascular disease are seen in childhood …

Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are widely added to various industrial and consumer
products, and are mainly used as flame retardants and plasticizers. Existing epidemiological …

Passive smoking exposure in children is prevalent worldwide and exposes children to
respiratory and systemic toxins. In this study, we enrolled 568 children to study how …

Background To identify periods of heightened susceptibility to the association of
secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure with cardiometabolic (CM) risk at age 12 years …

Dyslipidemia is a major public health challenge worldwide and whether secondhand smoke
exposure (SHSE) is associated with dyslipidemia is yet to be understood. This study …

Arterial hypertension during childhood or adolescence is rising, and smoking during
pregnancy may constitute a modifiable risk factor. This study aims to evaluate the effect of …

Objectives Predicting the potential risk factors of high blood pressure (HBP) among children
and adolescents is still a knowledge gap. Our study aimed to establish and validate a …

The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of high blood pressure (HBP) in
adolescents of the Valencian Autonomous Community (VC) in Spain. Besides, its …