Changes in the relationship between asthma and associated risk factors over fifty years

Maxwell S Barnish; Nara Tagiyeva; Graham Devereux; Lorna Aucott; Steve Turner

doi:10.1111/pai.12674

Changes in the relationship between asthma and associated risk factors over fifty years

Maxwell S Barnish, Nara Tagiyeva, Graham Devereux, Lorna Aucott, Steve Turner

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Childhood asthma is a common condition whose prevalence is changing. We hypothesised that the relationship between asthma and associated risk factors has changed over a 50-year period.

METHODS: An ecological study design was used. Children aged 8-13 attending schools in Aberdeen city were surveyed on seven occasions between 1964 and 2014. The following were determined: history of asthma, history of eczema, parental smoking, parental asthma, sex and socioeconomic status. Analysis was by a structural change model with two knots. The outcome reported was the change in odds ratio between asthma and a given risk factor during a given period.

RESULTS: There were 23,241 questionnaires distributed and 17,439 returned (75%). The odds ratio (OR) for a child with asthma to have eczema increased between 1989 and 1999 by 1.031 [95% CI 1.028, 1.035] and by 1.042 between 2004 and 2014 [1.038, 1.047].The OR for a child with asthma to have a parent who smoked rose by 1.032 [1.028, 1.036] between 1989 and 1999 and by 1.043 [1.038, 1.047] between 2004 and2014), and to have a parent with asthma (1.027 [1.022, 1.031] for 1994-99 and 1.042 [1.037, 1.048] for 2004-2014). The OR for a child with asthma being male and being from the most deprived communities also rose between 1989-1999 and 2004-2014.

CONCLUSIONS: The relationship between asthma prevalence and particular risk factors changed over the 50 year period of study and this might reflect changes in children's environment and/or susceptibility. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	162-169
Number of pages	8
Journal	Pediatric Allergy & Immunology
Volume	28
Issue number	2
Early online date	23 Feb 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/pai.12674
Publication status	Published - Mar 2017

Keywords

asthma
atopy
child health
environmental epidemiology
smoking

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Barnish MS, Tagiyeva N, Devereux G, Aucott L, Turner S. Changes in the relationship between asthma and associated risk factors over fifty years. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2017: 28: 162–169., which has been published in final form at DOI: 10.1111/pai.12674. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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