TY - JOUR
T1 - Socio-demographic disparities of childhood asthma
AU - Crespo, Noe C.
AU - Ayala, Guadalupe X.
AU - Vercammen-Grandjean, Christopher D.
AU - Slymen, Donald J.
AU - Elder, John P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by grant HL073776. Noe C Crespo was supported by grants T32HL079891 and F31KD079345.
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - Childhood asthma is particularly prevalent among disadvantaged children and is associated with greater functional consequences. This study described factors associated with childhood asthma in a sample of Latino and non-Latino children. Data were from baseline measures of 791 parent and child dyads involved in a childhood obesity prevention study. Parents completed a self-administered survey assessing childhood factors, demographics, acculturation and child asthma diagnosis. Multivariate mixed effects logistic regression analyses tested for correlates of child asthma and ethnicity interactions. Children were 4-10 years old, half were female, 86.0 percent were US-born and 45.7 percent were overweight or obese. The prevalence of childhood asthma was 11.5 percent. In multivariate analyses, the odds of childhood asthma were greater among children of non-Latino descent (OR = 4.1, CI: 1.8, 9.2), who had health insurance (OR = 11.1, CI: 2.7, 46.4), were male (OR = 1.8; CI: 1.1, 3.1) and born pre-term (OR = 3.0, CI: 1.4, 6.3). This study supports socio-demographic disparities in childhood asthma and evidence of their independent effects.
AB - Childhood asthma is particularly prevalent among disadvantaged children and is associated with greater functional consequences. This study described factors associated with childhood asthma in a sample of Latino and non-Latino children. Data were from baseline measures of 791 parent and child dyads involved in a childhood obesity prevention study. Parents completed a self-administered survey assessing childhood factors, demographics, acculturation and child asthma diagnosis. Multivariate mixed effects logistic regression analyses tested for correlates of child asthma and ethnicity interactions. Children were 4-10 years old, half were female, 86.0 percent were US-born and 45.7 percent were overweight or obese. The prevalence of childhood asthma was 11.5 percent. In multivariate analyses, the odds of childhood asthma were greater among children of non-Latino descent (OR = 4.1, CI: 1.8, 9.2), who had health insurance (OR = 11.1, CI: 2.7, 46.4), were male (OR = 1.8; CI: 1.1, 3.1) and born pre-term (OR = 3.0, CI: 1.4, 6.3). This study supports socio-demographic disparities in childhood asthma and evidence of their independent effects.
KW - Child health
KW - Childhood illness
KW - Culture and cultural issues
KW - Ethnicity
KW - Inequalities in health
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U2 - 10.1177/1367493510397680
DO - 10.1177/1367493510397680
M3 - Article
C2 - 21996682
AN - SCOPUS:84860629423
SN - 1367-4935
VL - 15
SP - 358
EP - 369
JO - Journal of Child Health Care
JF - Journal of Child Health Care
IS - 4
ER -