Poverty, dirt, infections and non-atopic wheezing in children from a Brazilian urban center

• Published in: Respiratory research Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 167
• Main Authors: Barreto, Mauricio L, Cunha, Sergio S, Fiaccone, Rosemeire, Esquivel, Renata, Amorim, Leila D, Alvim, Sheila, Prado, Matildes, Cruz, Alvaro A, Cooper, Philip J, Santos, Darci N, Strina, Agostino, Alcantara-Neves, Neuza, Rodrigues, Laura C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 01.12.2010; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Asthma; Asthma - epidemiology; Asthma in children; Brazil - epidemiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Comorbidity; Data collection; Developing countries; Female; Households; Humans; Hygiene; Hypersensitivity, Immediate - epidemiology; Immunoglobulin E; Infection; LDCs; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Parenting; Poverty; Poverty Areas; Prevalence; Regression analysis; Respiratory Sounds; Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Social aspects; Studies; Urban Population - statistics & numerical data; Wheeze; Brazil

The causation of asthma is poorly understood. Risk factors for atopic and non-atopic asthma may be different. This study aimed to analyze the associations between markers of poverty, dirt and infections and wheezing in atopic and non-atopic children. 1445 children were recruited from a population-ba...