电子烟使用与喘恶化之间的关联使用全国代表性调查数据
Felicia P Tanu1, Mario F Perez2, Tucker V Rathe1
1Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, USA.
Cureus
|January 13, 2025
概括
这项研究发现,电子烟使用与美国成年人喘恶化之间没有联系. 需要进一步的研究来了解电子烟对呼吸道疾病的长期健康影响.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 呼吸系统医学 呼吸系统医学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 在美国,电子烟 (e-cigarette) 的使用正在增加,其潜在的健康影响尚未完全理解.
- 吸烟是喘的已知危险因素;电子烟可能会带来类似的风险.
- 需要进行研究来澄清电子烟使用与喘恶化之间的关联.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究电子烟使用与美国成年人被诊断患有喘的喘恶化之间的关系.
- 为了比较专用电子烟使用者,专用香烟使用者,双重使用者和从未使用者之间的喘恶化率.
主要方法:
- 利用了2018年喘呼叫回调调查 (ACBS) 和2018年行为风险因素监测系统 (BRFSS) 的数据.
- 参与者被分为独家电子烟使用者,独家香烟使用者,双重使用者和从未使用者.
- 采用复杂调查设计的多变量逻辑回归,包括人口权重和混调整.
主要成果:
- 这项研究涉及11,598名成年人,其中3.9%的成年人是专用电子烟使用者,32.2%的成年人是专用香烟使用者,12.8%的成年人是双重使用者,51.1%的成年人从未使用过电子烟.
- 在喘恶化和单独使用电子烟 (OR:0.88),单独使用香烟 (OR:0.80) 或双重使用 (OR:0.98) 之间没有发现统计学意义上的关联.
结论:
- 在患有喘的美国成年人中,仅使用电子烟,仅使用香烟或双重使用和喘恶化之间没有发现显著的关联.
- 对电子烟使用的持续研究对于评估未来的健康影响和为公共卫生建议提供信息至关重要.
- 这些发现凸显了对新型尼古丁产品对呼吸系统健康影响的持续调查的必要性.
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