SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Title:
Exposure to paternal tobacco smoking increased child hospitalization for lower respiratory infections but not for other diseases in Vietnam Authors: Reiko Miyahara1, Kensuke Takahashi1, Nguyen Thi Hien Anh2, Vu Dinh Thiem2, Motoi Suzuki1, Hiroshi Yoshino1, Le Huu Tho3, Hiroyuki Moriuchi4, Sharon E Cox5,6, Lay Myint Yoshida7, Dang Duc Anh2, Koya Ariyoshi1 and Michio Yasunami1,7*
1
Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Graduate School
of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan 2
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam
3
Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Khanh Hoa Province, Nha Trang,
Vietnam 4
Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University,
Nagasaki, Japan 5
Department of Global Health, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki
University, Nagasaki, Japan 6
Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
London, UK 7
Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki
University, Nagasaki, Japan
*Corresponding author: E-mail:
[email protected] His current affiliation is: Life Science Institute, Saga-Ken Medical Centre Koseikan, Saga, Japan
Supplementary Table S1: Baseline characteristics of the children enrolled to the study.
Variables
All enrolled
Followed-up
Lost to follow-up
(N=1,999)
(N=1,624)
(N=375)
Category/ unit
p-value1
Sex
Girls
966 (48.3%)
786 (48.4%)
180 (48.0%)
0.889
Birth weight
