Offspring sex ratio in smokers
Adil, M.M.; Khan, U.A.
Jpma. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 54(8): 442-443
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-9982 PMID: 15461218 Document Number: 575042
Objective: To assess the ratio of male to female gender in the offspring of smokers and non-smokers. Method: The tool used for the survey was a questionnaire. Four hundred subjects were analyzed and were divided into three age groups. Results: Out of 400 subjects 56.5% were smokers and 43.5% were nonsmokers. Overall offspring sex ratio in nonsmokers was 1.53 and 0.61 in smokers. Conclusion: The smoking might be a contributing factor to a lower male to female sex ratio of offspring along with Estrogenic pollutants which are everywhere in the environment contaminating food, drinking water and air.