Environmental tobacco smoke and sudden infant death syndrome: a review

Margaret A. Adgent

doi:10.1002/bdrb.20068

Environmental tobacco smoke and sudden infant death syndrome: a review

Birth Defects Research Part B Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology ◽

10.1002/bdrb.20068 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 77 (1) ◽

pp. 69-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Margaret A. Adgent

Keyword(s):

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽

Environmental Tobacco Smoke ◽

Tobacco Smoke ◽

Infant Death ◽

Sudden Infant Death ◽

Sudden Infant

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Impact of Pre- and Postnatal Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Ets) on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Sids)

Epidemiology ◽

10.1097/01.ede.0000362333.62476.0c ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 20 ◽

pp. S51-S52

Author(s):

Dimitri Hauri ◽

Anke Huss ◽

Evelyn Mohler ◽

Patrizia Frei ◽

Martin Röösli

Keyword(s):

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽

Environmental Tobacco Smoke ◽

Tobacco Smoke ◽

Infant Death ◽

Sudden Infant Death ◽

Sudden Infant ◽

Postnatal Exposure

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Impact of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in European Children

Epidemiology ◽

10.1097/01.ede.0000276606.16610.1e ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 18 (Suppl) ◽

pp. S58

Author(s):

E Boldo ◽

M Öberg ◽

S Medina ◽

N Valero ◽

K Patja ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽

Environmental Tobacco Smoke ◽

Tobacco Smoke ◽

Infant Death ◽

Sudden Infant Death ◽

Sudden Infant

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Health Impact Assessment of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in European Children: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Asthma Episodes

Public Health Reports ◽

10.1177/003335491012500317 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 125 (3) ◽

pp. 478-487 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Elena Boldo ◽

Sylvia Medina ◽

Mattias Öberg ◽

Vladimíra Puklová ◽

Odile Mekel ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Impact Assessment ◽

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽

Environmental Tobacco Smoke ◽

Tobacco Smoke ◽

Infant Death ◽

Health Impact Assessment ◽

Sudden Infant Death ◽

Health Impact ◽

Sudden Infant

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Sudden infant death syndrome: deletions of glutathione-S-transferase genes M1 and T1 and tobacco smoke exposure

International Journal of Legal Medicine ◽

10.1007/s00414-021-02556-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Anthea Mawick ◽

Heidi Pfeiffer ◽

Marielle Vennemann

Keyword(s):

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽

Tobacco Smoke ◽

Infant Death ◽

Sudden Infant Death ◽

Smoke Exposure ◽

Tobacco Smoke Exposure ◽

Control Group ◽

Sudden Infant ◽

Gene Deletions ◽

Group A

AbstractIn developed countries, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death in infants in their first year of life. The risk of SIDS is increased if parents smoked during pregnancy and in presence of the child. Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) catalyse the conjugation of glutathione with electrophilic compounds and toxins, making them less reactive and easier to excrete. As a gene dose effect was observed for GSTM1 and GSTT1, the aim of this study was to investigate whether there is a connection between homozygous or heterozygous gene deletions of GSTM1 or GSTT1 and the occurrence of SIDS. We found that heterozygous deletion of GSTM1 occurred significantly more frequently in the SIDS case group compared to the control group. A homozygous deletion of GSMT1 was slightly more frequently in the control group. A homozygous gene deletion of GSTT1 showed no significant difference between the SIDS group and the control group. We also found that in the SIDS group, the number of victims that were exposed to cigarette smoke was significantly higher than the number of victims without cigarette smoke exposure and that the mean lifetime of children whose mothers smoked was shorter in comparison with non-smoking mothers. In SIDS cases with homozygous gene deletions of GSTM1, the median life span of children with tobacco smoke exposure was 60 days shorter than without smoke exposure. In conclusion, the absence of these two genes is not the only trigger for SIDS but could be a critical aspect of SIDS aetiology, particularly in SIDS cases with smoking parents.

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