Residential crowding and asthma in preschool children, a cross-sectional study

Allergologia et immunopathologia
Susanne KutzoraStefanie Heinze

Abstract

Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children, and associations with crowding have been reported. The aim of this study was to explore possible associations of crowding with asthma in children. Seven cross-sectional surveys with preschool children were conducted within the framework of the health monitoring units in Bavaria, Germany, from 2004 to 2014. Residential crowding was defined as habitation of more than one person per room or less than 20m2 living space per person. Logistic regression models examined temporal changes in crowding, applying the first survey as reference. The relationship between crowding and physician-diagnosed asthma, asthma defined by the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) and asthma symptoms were analyzed. Analyzing temporal changes of crowding rates did not reveal any differences over the years. However, the stratified descriptive analysis indicated a crowding increase in time in urban households where parents had a low education level (47.9% in 2004/05, 55.8% in 2014/15). No association was found between crowding and the variables "physician-diagnosed asthma" in 2014/15, "asthma defined by ISAAC" in 2014/15, or "wheezing" in 2014/15. A positive association with c...Continue Reading

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