RT Journal Article
T1 Evolution and characteristics of studies estimating attributable mortality to second-hand smoke: a systematic review
A1 López Medina, Diana Carolina
A1 Candal Pedreira, Cristina
A1 Rey Brandariz, Julia
A1 Guerra Tort, Carla
A1 García, Guadalupe
A1 Martín Gisbert, Lucía
A1 Casal Acción, Beatriz
A1 Ruano Raviña, Alberto
A1 Varela Lema, María Leonor
A1 Pérez Ríos, Mónica
K1 Myocardial ischemia
K1 Passive smoking
K1 Heterogeneity
K1 Adult
K1 Cause of death
K1 China
K1 Developing countries
K1 Medline
K1 Tobacco
K1 Mortality
K1 Lung cancer
K1 Cochrane collaboration
K1 Consensus
K1 Embase
K1 Smokers
K1 Non-smokers
AB BackgroundSeveral studies have estimated the impact of second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure on mortality in the population of different countries. This study aimed to identify and describe studies that have estimated the attributable mortality (AM) associated with SHS exposure in the adult population.MethodsA literature search was conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library and CINAHL databases up to January 2023. Studies that estimated the AM associated with SHS exposure in the adult population and used a prevalence-dependent method were included. The main characteristics of the studies and their results were described.ResultsFifty-three studies were included. Most of them were conducted in North America (n = 13), Europe (n = 14) and China (n = 6) and included lung cancer (n = 46) or ischaemic heart disease (n = 22) as causes of death. There was considerable variety in the population under study regarding the relationship with tobacco: non-smokers (n = 30); never-smokers (n = 9); both non and never-smokers (n = 2); the whole population (n = 1) and not known (n = 11). The age at which AM was estimated also varied between studies, ranging from 15  to 40 years and older.ConclusionsStudies estimating AM associated with SHS exposure are heterogeneous in terms of the causes of death studied, the age at which mortality is attributed, or the population to which mortality referred: consensus should be reached. Despite their importance, studies assessing AM to SHS are infrequent in low- and middle-income countries
PB Oxford University Press
SN 1101-1262
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/33887
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/33887
LA eng
NO Diana C López-Medina, Cristina Candal-Pedreira, Julia Rey-Brandariz, Carla Guerra-Tort, Guadalupe García, Lucia Martín-Gisbert, Beatriz Casal-Acción, Alberto Ruano-Ravina, Leonor Varela-Lema, Mónica Pérez-Ríos, Evolution and characteristics of studies estimating attributable mortality to second-hand smoke: a systematic review, European Journal of Public Health, 2024;, ckae049, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae049
NO This study has been funded by Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) through the Project ‘PI22/00727’ and co-funded by the European Union and a SEPAR grant 2023 ‘Proposal 1426’
DS Minerva
RD 26 abr 2026