Prevalencia de tabaquismo y bajo desempeño escolar, en estudiantes de 11 a 24 años de edad del estado de Morelos, México
Objective. To assess the association between self-reportedacademic performance and tobacco experimentation andestablished tobacco use among adolescents and young adultsin Morelos State, Mexico. Material and Methods. A population-based, cross-sectional study was carried out in 72administrative areas...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2002 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UNAM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:10644510 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10644510 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Salud Mexico students adolescence underachievement Key words: smoking |
| Sumario: | Objective. To assess the association between self-reportedacademic performance and tobacco experimentation andestablished tobacco use among adolescents and young adultsin Morelos State, Mexico. Material and Methods. A population-based, cross-sectional study was carried out in 72administrative areas from all 33 municipalities of MorelosState (urban, semi-urban and rural areas). A total of 13 293adolescents and young adults aged 11 to 24 years were randomlyselected from public schools. Data were collectedusing a self-administered questionnaire. Multinomial logisticregression models were fitted with smoking habit as thedependent variable with three categories (never a smoker,occasional smoker, and regular smokers). Results. The prevalenceof occasional smokers was 14.9% (95% CI: 14.1-15.7) among females and 27.3% (95% CI: 26.1-28.4) amongmales. The corresponding figures for females and males forestablished smokers were 6.1% (95% CI: 5.6-6.6) and 13.1%(95% CI: 12.2-13.9), respectively. Academic performance selfreportswere found to be inversely proportional to occasionalor regular tobacco use. In women, the associationwith current tobacco consumption was 5.1 times higher(95% CI: 2.5-10.4) in women with a yearly grade average ofsix or less, in comparison to those with scores of ten ornine. The same pattern was observed in men (OR=4.2; 95%CI: 2.7-6.7), with a significant linear trend both in both womenand men. Conclusions. These results evidence that tobaccoconsumption is related to low academic performance.This relationships is determined by complex lifestyle patternsof adolescents. The English version of this paper isavailable at: http://www.insp.mx/salud/index.html |
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