title: Pertussis in French adolescents: risk factors and respiratory sequels.
abstract: An analysis of the risk factors for pertussis and the possible respiratory sequels was carried out in a sample of 499 children and adolescents aged 10-16 years from the general population in north-eastern France. 44 subjects (8.8%) had pertussis during childhood; and the sex ratio was 1 in these cases. Pertussis was significantly associated with a maternal history of respiratory disease, residence in a rural area and coal heating. In a multiple logistic regression model, a maternal history of respiratory disease was the only significant factor (p = 0.01), the number of siblings being of borderline significance (p = 0.06). No increase in respiratory symptoms or asthma prevalence was found in our subjects who had pertussis during childhood.
authors.affiliation: INSERM Unité 115, Vandoeuvre, Nancy, France.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Teculescu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bruant
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aubry
authors.forename: Q T
authors.initials: QT
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuntz
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Deschamps
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manciaux
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000209:etiology*