TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparison of asthma prevalence in adolescents living in urban and semi-urban areas in northwestern Iran
AU - Sabeti, Zahra
AU - Ansarin, Khalil
AU - Seyedrezazadeh, Ensiyeh
AU - Asghari Jafarabadi, Mohammad
AU - Zafari, Venus
AU - Dastgiri, Saeed
AU - Shakerkhatibi, Mohammad
AU - Gholampour, Akbar
AU - Ghanbari Ghozikali, Mohammad
AU - Ghasemzadeh, Reza
AU - Torabi, Yalda
AU - Mohammadi, Behzad
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute for Medical Research Developer (NIMAD) under grant (No. 972630) in Iran. We would like to acknowledge the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (No. 60644). We also would like to thank the school office managers, the students and their family patience for their contribution during this survey.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute for Medical Research Developer (NIMAD) under grant (No. 972630) in Iran. We would like to acknowledge the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (No. 60644). We also would like to thank the school office managers, the students and their family patience for their contribution during this survey.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The global morbidity and mortality associated with asthma have been dramatically raised. We aimed to determine the prevalence of asthma symptoms in northwestern Iran and identify the potential risk factors. A cross-sectional survey was performed from November 2019 to February 2020 among 1,459 adolescents residing in areas representing urban and semi-urban communities. International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire was used to identify the participants with asthma defined based on meeting the criteria of physician diagnosis or self-report of wheezing episodes previously. Multivariable logistic regression was applied for data analysis. The prevalence of current asthma, asthma ever in life, and severe asthma were 12.2, 4.9, and 5.7%, respectively, which varied with urbanization. Overall, asthma prevalence in urban area was 13.4%, whereas in the semi-urban area was 8.3%. The related risk factors for asthma were having a pet at home [OR: 1.75 (1.11, 2.74)], current smoking [OR: 1.91 (1.21, 3.02)], artificial ventilation at home [OR: 2.67 (1.02, 7.03)], intake of fast-foods [OR: 4.51 (1.19, 17.04)], and history of allergy [OR: 1.99 (1.36, 2.92)]. However, physical activity [OR: 0.37 (0.16, 0.90)] and fruit consumption [OR: 0.11 (0.02, 0.77)] were associated with lower odds of asthma. We found that the prevalence of asthma was more common in people living in urban area compared to those living in semi-urban area.
AB - The global morbidity and mortality associated with asthma have been dramatically raised. We aimed to determine the prevalence of asthma symptoms in northwestern Iran and identify the potential risk factors. A cross-sectional survey was performed from November 2019 to February 2020 among 1,459 adolescents residing in areas representing urban and semi-urban communities. International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire was used to identify the participants with asthma defined based on meeting the criteria of physician diagnosis or self-report of wheezing episodes previously. Multivariable logistic regression was applied for data analysis. The prevalence of current asthma, asthma ever in life, and severe asthma were 12.2, 4.9, and 5.7%, respectively, which varied with urbanization. Overall, asthma prevalence in urban area was 13.4%, whereas in the semi-urban area was 8.3%. The related risk factors for asthma were having a pet at home [OR: 1.75 (1.11, 2.74)], current smoking [OR: 1.91 (1.21, 3.02)], artificial ventilation at home [OR: 2.67 (1.02, 7.03)], intake of fast-foods [OR: 4.51 (1.19, 17.04)], and history of allergy [OR: 1.99 (1.36, 2.92)]. However, physical activity [OR: 0.37 (0.16, 0.90)] and fruit consumption [OR: 0.11 (0.02, 0.77)] were associated with lower odds of asthma. We found that the prevalence of asthma was more common in people living in urban area compared to those living in semi-urban area.
KW - adolescents
KW - Asthma prevalence
KW - potential risk factor
KW - urbanization
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U2 - 10.1080/10807039.2021.1944051
DO - 10.1080/10807039.2021.1944051
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85109588709
SN - 1080-7039
VL - 27
SP - 2051
EP - 2068
JO - Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
JF - Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
IS - 8
ER -
