Risk factors for asthma prevalence among urban and nonurban African American children.
Urban residence is a risk factor for asthma. We examined multiple risk factors simultaneously among African American children. We interviewed 2409 African American mothers of newborns who had at least 1 child at home under 18 years of age. Sixteen percent reported at least 1 child with physician-diagnosed asthma. Significantly associated with an asthmatic child were maternal asthma and allergies, maternal cigarette smoking, a humidifying device, and a gas range or oven in the home. Urban residence was related to asthma but became nonsignificant once other factors were controlled for. Asthma associated with urban residence may be explained by identifiable factors.
von Maffei
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J
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Beckett
W S
WS
Belanger
K
K
Triche
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E
Zhang
H
H
Machung
J F
JF
Leaderer
B P
BP
D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D003296:Cooking / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008423:Maternal Age; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013383:Suburban Population; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; D014505:Urban Population; D014768:Virginia / Q000453:epidemiology
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution