Risk factors for childhood respiratory disease. The effect of host factors and home environmental exposures.

摘要: Standardized respiratory disease questionnaires (ATS-DLD-78-C) were completed by the parents of 4,071 children 5 to 14 yr age, and risk factors for symptoms evaluated logistic analysis. Younger male sex, lower socioeconomic status (SES) independent most illnesses. All outcomes significantly more prevalent in with a physician's diagnosis asthma. Asthma was (4.5%) than female (2.6%) children, greater prevalence males did not persist same asthma status. Children whose their fathers reported have fewer mother-completed questionnaires. We postulate that underreport children. A positive parental history allergy or illness an predictor illnesses Chest before 2 age chest past year showed significant linear trend number smokers, these effects passive smoking confirmed The use gas cooking stoves, inversely associated SES, factor any