[Asthma risk factors].
OBJECTIVE
To study the magnitude of risk factors known for asthma in 6-10 year-old children.


METHODS
This is a case- and control-study with 6-10 year-old children; 58 were asthmatic and 117 were control, with a relation 2:1. Asthmatic patients were recruited from consult of immuno-allergies department and control patients, from familial medicine consult of Hospital de Especialidades 71, IMSS. Indirect (mother) and directed surveys were applied, they were of multiple option for exploring the most known in literature-risk factors. Statistical management was performed by odds ratio with confidence interval of 95%.


RESULTS
The following variables were considered risk factors: ingestion of artificial colorants before having 1 year old (OR = 13.2), living in an urban area (OR = 7.74), maternal smoking during pregnancy (OR = 2.4), wool contact before having 1 year old (OR = 2.11), passive smoking exposure during pregnancy (OR = 1.486) and feeding with industrialized milk (OR = 1.2).


CONCLUSIONS
Environmental risk factors are very important in our population, as well as early ablactation; however, ingestion before having 1 year old of allergens as egg, chocolate, orange and mango was not considered risk factor.
López Campos
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Unidad de Investigación Médica en Epidemiología Clínica del Hospital de Especialidades núm, 71 del Centro Médico Nacional Torreón.
Muñoz Hernández
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López Campos
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Carrillo Lucero
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Rincón Castañeda
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Martínez Cairo Cueto
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D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain