Agreement of offspring-reported parental smoking status: the RHINESSA generation study

With increasing interest in exposure effects across generations, it is crucial to assess the validity of information given on behalf of others. To compare adult’s report of their parent’s smoking status against parent’s own report and examine predictors for discrepant answers. We studied 7185 offspring (18-51 years) and one of their parents, n = 5307 (27-67 years) participating in the Respiratory Health in Northern Europe, Spain and Australia...