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Pages 259-264 (May - June 1997)
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Pages 259-264 (May - June 1997)
ARTIGO ORIGINAL
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Cancro do Pulmão e Tabagismo Passivo
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J.C. Winck*, R. Nêveda*, F.F. Rodrigues*, A. Carvalho*, R. Maio**, J.M. Calheiros**
* Departamento de Pneumologia do Centro Hospitalar de V. N. Gaia
** Departamento de Saúde Comunitária do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto
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RESUMO

A associação entre tabagismo passivo e cancro do pulmão tem adquirido grande importância social e política. Vários estudos epidemiológicos, centrandose sobretudo na exposição ao fumo do tabaco do conjuge, têm demonstrado esta relação. Com o objectivo de determinar a existência de um efeito positivo do fumo do tabaco do ambiente, analisando a exposição durante a infância, a exposição ao conjuge e outros membros do agregado familiar, e ainda da exposição em veículos, lugares públicos e no ambiente profissional, realizámos um estudo caso-controle, integrado num projecto multicêntrico. Estudámos 38 doentes com cancro do pulmão confirmado histologica-mente e que nunca tinham fumado e 67 controlos, igualmente não fumadores. Os resultados obtidos, mostram que os doentes com cancro do pulmão tem maior exposição ao fumo de tabaco quer durante a infincia quer durante a vida adulta. Por outro lado, apenas a exposição relativa ao fumo do tabaco do conjuge tinha significado estatistico, duplicando o risco de cancro do pulmão quando os níveis de exposição eram superiores a 5000 cigarros fumados («odds ratio», 3.10; 95% de intervalo de confiança, 1.09-13.09). Apesar dos nossos dados necessitarem de integração no estudo multicêntrico para serem mais conclusivos, mostram uma relação entre a exposição ao tabagismo passivo do conjuge e o cancro de pulmão em não fumadores.

Palavras chave:
Cancro do Pulmão
Tabagismo Passivo
ABSTRACT

The association between passive smoking and lung cancer has reached a big political and social impact. A number of epidemiological studies, mainly dealing with exposure to tobacco smoke from the spouse, have shown this relationship. With the aim to determine the existence of a positive effect of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), analysing exposure during childhood, to the spouse and other relatives, and also exposure inside vehicles, public places and at work, we performed a case-control study included in a broader multicentric project. We studied 38 non-smoker patients with hystologically confirmed lung cancer and 67 non-smoker controls. Results show that patients with lung cancer have greater exposure to ETS during childhood and adulthood. Moreover, only the exposure to the spouse reached statistical significance, doupling the risk for lung cancer when exposure levels were above 5000 cigarrettes smoked (Odds ratio, 3,1: 95% CI,1.09-13.09). Although our data deserve to be included in the whole multicentric study to become more conclusive, they show a relationship between ETS from the spouse and lung cancer in non­smokers.

Key-words:
Lung Cancer
Passive Smoking
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