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ADVERSE IMPACT OF HOME DAMPNESS AND LENGTH OF RESIDENCE ON ATOPY AND LUNG FUNCTION AMONG CHILDREN IN EL PASO, TEXAS, USA
Citation:
Neas, L, E. Svendsen, M Gonzales, D Walsh, S Rhoney, G. Terrill, AND M. Ross. ADVERSE IMPACT OF HOME DAMPNESS AND LENGTH OF RESIDENCE ON ATOPY AND LUNG FUNCTION AMONG CHILDREN IN EL PASO, TEXAS, USA. Presented at International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), Perth, Australia, September 24-26, 2003.
Description:
The El Paso Children's Health Study examined ambient exposures to motor vehicle emissions and their effect on the prevalence of allergy and asthma among children living in a major United States-Mexico border city. In the spring of 2001, the parents of all fourth and fifth grade children enrolled in the El Paso Independent School District received both English and Spanish language questionnaires, and pulmonary function testing was conducted on a subset of students. Complete questionnaire information and acceptable pulmonary fuction data were available for 1874 children, approximately 75% of whom were of Hispanic enthnicity. In preliminary analyses of lung fuction and home characteristics, a significant association was found between home dampness and decreased peak flow (-2.5%, 95% CI-0.2, -4.8) after controlling for gender, race, height, weight and age. Among 4746 children with complete questionnaire data, we found that duration of El Paso residence was associated with increased prevalence of atopy in chilren.