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Franco, J. M., Gurgel, R., Sole, D., Franca, V. L., Brabin, Bernard and Brazilian, Isaac Grp (2009) 'Socio-environmental conditions and geographical variability of asthma prevalence in Northeast Brazil'. Allergologia Et Immunopathologia, Vol 37, Issue 3, pp. 116-121.
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Background: This study aims to evaluate the association between environmental and socio-economic conditions with asthma prevalence in the eight ISAAC centres in North-East Brazil. Methods: Estimates on occurrence, severity and medical diagnoses of asthma in the previous 12 months were compared using environmental and socioeconomic indicators. Associations were assessed using simple linear regression and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: There was no difference in asthma prevalence between centres. Active asthma prevalence increased with increasing water privation, and this would explain 62% of the observed prevalence. Median temperature increase was inversely related to active asthma (r = 0.81; p < 0.05). There was a positive association between latitude and active asthma prevalence (r = 0.82; p < 0.005), a negative association between severe asthma and yearly medium temperature (r = -0.89; p < 0.05), and a positive association with latitude (r = 0.78; p < 0.05). Conclusion: Relation between the tropical weather and high prevalence of asthma was not confirmed. There were associations with water privation and latitude. (c) 2008 SEICAP. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Franco, Jackeline M. Gurgel, Ricardo Sole, Dirceu Franca, Vera Lucia Brabin, Bernard |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Asthma Socio-Economic |
| Subjects: | WB Practice of Medicine > Medical Climatology > WB 710 Diseases of geographic areas WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General) WB Practice of Medicine > Medical Climatology > WB 700 Medical climatology. Geography of disease QT Physiology > Human Physiology > QT 162 Other environmental factors acting on human physiology WF Respiratory System > WF 100 General works |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-0546(09)71722-7 |
| Depositing User: | Pauline Anderson |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2010 14:51 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2022 15:04 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/270 |
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