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Effects of antibiotic consumption on children 2-8 years of age developing asthma
- Source :
- Epidemiology and Health, Vol 36 (2014), Epidemiology and Health
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Korean Society of Epidemiology, 2014.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVES Antibiotic exposure in children is a possible contributor to the increasing asthma prevalence in several countries. The present study aimed to investigate the association between antibiotic exposure and the risk of developing childhood asthma at 2-8 years of age. METHODS A case-control study was undertaken among children aged 2-8 years old between March and September 2010 in the Urmia district in the northwest of Iran. The cases were doctor-diagnosed asthmatic children based on Global Initiative for Asthma criteria (n=207), and the controls were children without respiratory symptoms (n=400) selected by frequency matching by age and gender. Clinical data including antibiotic exposure was collected by a validated and reliable questionnaire, which was completed by interviewing parents/guardians. RESULTS Antibiotic consumption during the first year of life increased the odds ratio [OR] of asthma symptoms at 2-8 years of age (crude OR, 2.26; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.53-3.35; p
- Subjects :
- Consumption (economics)
medicine.medical_specialty
Childhood asthma
Pediatrics
medicine.drug_class
business.industry
lcsh:R
Antibiotics
Alternative medicine
Case-control study
lcsh:Medicine
Case-control studies
General Medicine
medicine.disease
respiratory tract diseases
Atopy
Pharmacotherapy
immune system diseases
Antibiotic use
medicine
Original Article
business
Asthma
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20927193
- Volume :
- 36
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Epidemiology and Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....34f614dcfb68d9875cf6b3e840a8cc2f
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2014006