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Table 2 Respiratory symptoms and health care use for children with and without a parent who smokes.

From: Do parents who smoke underutilize health care services for their children? A cross sectional study within the longitudinal PIAMA study

 

no parent smokes n = 2,759

at least one parent smokes n = 805

Respiratory symptoms

  

any respiratory symptoms

41.6

47.1 *

mild respiratory symptoms

24.5

30.6 *

severe respiratory symptoms

17.0

16.5

Health care use

  

GP visits for any reason

29.7

30.9

GP visits for respiratory symptoms

14.3

14.8

GP visits for non-respiratory symptoms only

15.4

16.2

Specialized care for respiratory symptoms

8.4

8.9