ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2010
Asthma, environmental risk factors, and hypertension among Arab Americans in metro Detroit.
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- Ambulatory blood pressure profiles of children with asthma compared to healthy controls.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Article
- Asthma and hypertension: the role of airway inflammation.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Arterial Hypertension and Characteristics of Nocturnal Blood Pressure Profile of Asthma Patients According to Therapy and Severity of the Disease: The BADA Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Hypertension and diabetes mellitus as risk factors for asthma in Korean adults: the Sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.International health · 2020Article
- Ancestry-based intracategorical injustices in carcinogenic air pollution exposures in the United States.Society & natural resources · 2020Article
- Distributional Environmental Injustices for a Minority Group without Minority Status: Arab Americans and Residential Exposure to Carcinogenic Air Pollution in the US.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Comorbidity of asthma and hypertension may be mediated by shared genetic dysregulation and drug side effects.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Molecular Relationships between Bronchial Asthma and Hypertension as Comorbid Diseases.Journal of integrative bioinformatics · 2018Article
- Immigrant Respiratory Health: a Diverse Perspective in Environmental Influences on Respiratory Health.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2018Review
- The Health of Arab Americans in the United States: An Updated Comprehensive Literature Review.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- Disparities in Chronic Disease Prevalence Among Non-Hispanic Whites: Heterogeneity Among Foreign-Born Arab and European Americans.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2016Article
- Emerging Comorbidities in Adult Asthma: Risks, Clinical Associations, and Mechanisms.Mediators of inflammation · 2016Review
- Bronchial asthma is associated with increased risk of chronic kidney disease.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2014Article
- Bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: research activity in Arab countries.Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine · 2014Article
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Abstract
Asthma and obesity-related health problems disproportionately impact low-income ethnic minority communities residing in urban areas. Environmental risk factors, particularly those related to housing and indoor air, may impact the development or exacerbation of asthma. There is increasing evidence to suggest a link between obesity-related health problems and asthma. Previous studies have also reported that immigrant status may influence myriad risk factors and health outcomes among immigrant populations. The Arab American Environmental Health Project (AAEHP) was the first study to explore environmental health problems among Arab Americans. This paper examined whether hypertensive status modified the relationship between environmental risk factors and asthma among Arab Americans in metro Detroit. An environmental risk index (ERI) was used to quantify household environmental risk factors associated with asthma. Physician diagnosed hypertension was self-reported, and asthma status was determined using responses to a validated symptoms checklist and self-reported diagnosis by a physician. Hypertension significantly modified the relationship between ERI and asthma in this study population. The positive association between household environmental risk factors and asthma was stronger among participants diagnosed with hypertension. Effect modification of the relationship between environmental risk factors and asthma could have serious implications among high-risk communities. However, further research is needed to elucidate the relationships between hypertension, environmental risk factors, and asthma.
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