| Autor: |
Fábio de Oliveira Tabalipa, Rodrigo Boff Daitx, Jefferson Luiz Traebert, Adriano Schaefer Meyer, Jane da Silva |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Allergology International, Vol 64, Iss 4, Pp 344-350 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1323-8930 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.alit.2015.04.003 |
| Popis: |
Background: Global studies on asthma point to socioeconomic status as one of the main variables in terms of prevalence and disease severity in various parts of the world. Social factors related to community violence have been linked to higher incidence of asthma in the current studies. This study investigates the relationship between indicators of both community violence and development and hospital admissions due to asthma. Methods: This was an analytical ecological study of multiple groups, using public databases with information up until 2006. All Brazilian municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants were considered as units of analysis. The main index used as socioeconomic indicator was the FIRJAN Index of Municipal Development (FIMD). The Index of Youth Vulnerability to Violence (IYVV) was used as indicators of community violence. The rate of admissions due to asthma was used as the outcome. Pearson's correlation was used for multivariate analyses. The coefficient of determination (R2) was calculated and the simple linear regression model adjusted for significant correlations. Results: There was an inverse correlation between asthma admissions and FIMD (r = −0.354, p |
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