Ece Kendir Cakmak, Aysenur Ugurlu, Berk Anbaroglu
Adopting citizen science approach for water quality monitoring in Uzungöl, Turkey
Environmental monitoring and assessment
previous studies revealed current secondhand smoke exposure showed highly suggestive evidence increased risk simultaneous sleep problems children data associations earlylife exposure shs subsequent sleep problems children scarce aimed evaluate associations earlylife shs exposure sleep problems children crosssectional study children recruited elementary middle schools liaoning province china april 2012 january 2013 assessed earlylife shs exposure pregnancy first 2 years life via questionnaires sleep problems different types sleeprelated symptoms measured based validated tool sleep disturbance scale children sdsc generalized linear mixed models applied estimate associations earlylife shs exposure sleep problems included total 45562 children 22657 497 males mean sd age 110 26 years 6167 135 exposed earlylife shs pregnancy first 2 years life compared unexposed counterparts children exposed earlylife shs higher total tscores sdsc 432 95ci 406 458 higher odds increased sleep problems 214 95ci 189 242 considering different sleeprelated symptoms associations earlylife shs exposure symptom sleepwake transition disorders ie bruxism strongest analyses earlylife shs exposure associated higher odds global sleep problems different sleeprelated symptoms children aged 618 years findings highlight importance strengthen efforts support critical importance maintaining smokefree environment especially early life