Some environmental risk factors for childhood asthma: a case-control study
| Autor: | Doyin Fagbule, E. E. Ekanem |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty 030231 tropical medicine Nigeria Cockroaches Mosquito coil 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pharmacotherapy Risk Factors 030225 pediatrics Epidemiology medicine Animals Humans Risk factor Child Asthma business.industry Fungi Case-control study Humidity medicine.disease Socioeconomic Factors El Niño Animals Domestic Case-Control Studies Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Housing Female business Demography Bedroom |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Tropical Paediatrics. 14:15-19 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3281 0272-4936 |
| Popis: | A case-control study of the home environment of 140 asthmatic children and 140 controls (matched for age, sex and socio-economic status) was carried out in two semi-urban Nigerian teaching hospitals. The mean age of the children was 66 months, and the mean monthly family income was US $50.00. The average number of people in a household was seven, with a mean sleeping density of 4.9 persons per sleeping area. There was a strong and significant association between asthma and a damp, mouldy bedroom (OR = 11.2, p < 0.001), household pets (OR = 116.8, p < 0.001), cigarette smoke (OR = 2.1, p < 0.01), mosquito coil (OR = 3.7, p < 0.001), and rodents/cockroaches (OR = 113.7, p < 0.001). There was a curious but unexplained protective effect of indoor biomass smoke (OR = 0.6, p < 0.001), indoor plants (OR = 0.5, p < 0.01), mould growth elsewhere in the home (OR = 0.5, p < 0.01), and cosmetic aerosols (OR = 0.6, p < 0.05). Control of the micro- as well as the macro-environment of the asthmatic child as an adjuvant to drug therapy is discussed. |
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