ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2013
The relationship between atopic dermatitis and indoor environmental factors: a cross-sectional study among Japanese elementary school children.
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- Associations between home environmental factors and childhood eczema and related symptoms in different cities in China.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Gender-based inequalities in the effects of housing on health: A critical review.SSM - population health · 2022Review
- The Association between the Concentration of Heavy Metals in the Indoor Atmosphere and Atopic Dermatitis Symptoms in Children Aged between 4 and 13 Years: A Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Lifestyle behaviors and home and school environment in association with sick building syndrome among elementary school children: a cross-sectional study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Household environment, lifestyle behaviors, and dietary habits in relation to childhood atopic eczema in Shanghai, China.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2017Article
- The effect of environmentally friendly wallpaper and flooring material on indoor air quality and atopic dermatitis: a pilot study.Annals of dermatology · 2014Article
- Association of mechanical ventilation and flue use in heaters with asthma symptoms in Japanese schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study in Sapporo, Japan.Journal of epidemiology · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aimed to determine that home environmental factors were associated with atopic dermatitis in Japanese elementary school children.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, a total of 4,254 children in 12 public elementary schools in Sapporo city in Hokkaido, Japan were examined. Atopic dermatitis was defined using the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaire. The questionnaires also contained 14 questions about the child's home environment. To obtain multivariate-adjusted ORs for atopic dermatitis in relation to the home environment, we controlled for possible confounders including gender, school grade, parental history of allergies, number of siblings, and whether the child was firstborn. The study participants were then divided into two groups according to gender, and a stratified analysis was performed to obtain adjusted ORs for atopic dermatitis in relation to the home environment.
resultsThe prevalence of atopic dermatitis in our sample was 16.7 %. Using fully adjusted models, the risk factors for atopic dermatitis were found to be the household use of a non-electric heating system without a ventilation duct to the outside (compared to the use of an electric heating system), having visible mould in the house, having a mouldy odour in the house, and condensation on the windowpanes in the house odds ratios (OR 1.25-1.54). In our stratified analysis, having visible mould and having a mouldy odour in the house were relevantly found to be risk factors for boys (OR 1.28-1.64). However, these associations were not found among girls.
conclusionsTo improve children's health, further study is needed to corroborate the findings.
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