Prevalence and risk factors for childhood asthma in Zonguldak, Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorTomac, N
dc.contributor.authorDemirel, F
dc.contributor.authorAcun, C
dc.contributor.authorAyoglu, F
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T21:01:39Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T21:01:39Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description22nd Congress of the European-Academy-of-Allergology-and-Clinical-Immunology -- JUN 07-11, 2003 -- Paris, FRANCEen_US
dc.description.abstractPrevalence of asthma and other allergic diseases varies between different regions throughout the world. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of asthma and allergies and some risk factors for asthma in schoolchildren, aged between 6 and 16 years old, in Zonguldak, Turkey. We prepared 1500 questionnaires according to the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood criteria and distributed them in schools, to be completed at home by parents. Appropriately completed 1349 questionnaires, including complementary questions for risk,factors, were taken into consideration. Data for air-pollutant levels of sulfurdioxide (SO,) and total suspended particles were obtained also. The prevalence of current wheezing symptoms was 9.6% in children aged between 13 and 16 years old and 11.2% in the total sample. In terms of physician-diagnosed asthma, allergic rhinitis, and eczema, the prevalences were 4.9, 377, and 13.2%, respectively. A family history of allergy, diagnosis, or symptoms of allergic rhinitis and bronchitis (age range, 6 9 years) and male gender were found to be significant predictors for asthma symptoms with adjusted odds ratios of 2.089, 0.336, 4.707, 1.652, and 0.599, respectively. Strongly positive correlation between number of symptomatic asthmatic patients and air pollution levels for SO2 (r = 0. 864; p = 0. 001) and total suspended particles (r = 0. 891; p = 0.001) were observed also. The prevalence of asthma is high in Zonguldak, Turkey, and there is a strong correlation between air pollution and asthma symptoms. Allergy in the first-degree relatives, diagnosis of bronchitis and allergic rhinitis, age, and male gender are more important than the other factors in predicting asthma.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Acad Allergol & Clin Immunolen_US
dc.identifier.endpage402en_US
dc.identifier.issn1088-5412
dc.identifier.issn1539-6304
dc.identifier.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.pmid16450575en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-27644501851en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage397en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/12916
dc.identifier.volume26en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000232906800013en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOcean Side Publications Incen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAllergy and Asthma Proceedingsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKonferans Öğesi - Uluslararası - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectAir-Pollutionen_US
dc.subjectSymptomsen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectAllergiesen_US
dc.subjectExposureen_US
dc.subjectIsaacen_US
dc.subjectHyperresponsivenessen_US
dc.subjectAtopyen_US
dc.titlePrevalence and risk factors for childhood asthma in Zonguldak, Turkeyen_US
dc.typeConference Objecten_US

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