Maternal BMI and smoking partly explain the association between maternal socio-economic position and offspring asthma
Our results indicate that supporting young women and mothers-to-be to healthy weight and to abstain from tobacco smoking, in particular during pregnancy, could reduce child morbidity and improve health equity in childhood.
Authors
- Catarina Almqvist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1045-1898)
- Cecilia Lundholm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6546-3650)
- Emma Caffrey Osvald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3367-694X)
- Samuel Rhedin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5798-2875)
Institutions
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Thorax
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2025-223330
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16