Psychosocial stressors and lung function in youth ages 10–17: an examination by stressor, age and gender
| Autor: | Gretchen Bandoli, Beate Ritz, Jokay Ghosh, O. S. von Ehrenstein |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Lung Diseases Male Spirometry medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Family Conflict Social Determinants of Health 03 medical and health sciences FEV1/FVC ratio Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology medicine Humans Stress measures Social determinants of health Parent-Child Relations Child medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Confounding Stressor Age Factors Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Middle Aged respiratory system Los Angeles 030228 respiratory system Original Article Female business Psychosocial Stress Psychological 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Public Health. :fdw035 |
| ISSN: | 1741-3850 1741-3842 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/pubmed/fdw035 |
| Popis: | Background Research on the impact of psychosocial stressors on child and adolescent lung function is uncommon, and has primarily relied either on parents' own stress measures or parent-reported stressors the child experienced, which may be a poor proxy for perceived stress in older children and adolescents. Methods We performed multivariate linear regression of spirometry measures (FVC, FEV1 and FEF25-75) and psychosocial stressors in 584 adolescents in the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey. We examined family conflict, unsafe neighborhood or school, and the absence of a father in models stratified by gender, adjusting for PM2.5 and potential confounders. Results We observed reductions in lung function in males related to the absence of a father in the house (FEV1: -176.2 ml, 95% CI -322.7, -29.7) and family conflict (FEV1: -156.2 ml, 95% CI -327.8, 15.5); associations were stronger in older males ages 15-17 years for each stressor (P for interaction of age and sex was 0.009 and 0.06, respectively). Conclusions This research informs a very small literature on psychosocial stressors and lung function in adolescents. Our finding of differential vulnerability by age and gender warrants further exploration of adolescent psychosocial stressor response on lung function. |
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