ArticleThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2013
Abuse during childhood and adolescence and risk of adult-onset asthma in African American women.
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- Health effects associated with exposure of children to physical violence, psychological violence and neglect: a Burden of Proof study.Nature human behaviour · 2025Pooled it
- Health effects associated with exposure to intimate partner violence against women and childhood sexual abuse: a burden of proof study.Nature medicine · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of interventions designed to decrease child abuse in high-risk families.Child abuse & neglect · 2017Pooled it
- Adverse childhood experience and asthma onset: a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2015Pooled it
- The effects of violence and related stress on asthma.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2024Review
- Adverse Events during Adulthood, Child Maltreatment, and Asthma among British Adults in the UK Biobank.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Article
- Child maltreatment, anxiety and depression, and asthma among British adults in the UK Biobank.The European respiratory journal · 2022Article
- Health Care Burden and Expenditure Associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences in Tennessee and Virginia.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2022Article
- Child maltreatment and asthma.Pediatric pulmonology · 2022Review
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- Chronic stress and asthma in adolescents.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2020Review
- Exposure to Violence, Psychosocial Stress, and Asthma.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2020Review
- Adverse childhood experiences and chronic lung diseases in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2020Review
- Psychosocial risk factors and asthma among adults in Puerto Rico.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2019Article
- Health risk behaviors, violence exposure, and current asthma among adolescents in the United States.Pediatric pulmonology · 2019Article
- Childhood abuse and adult-onset asthma among Peruvian women.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2018Article
- Supporting institutional caregivers in a children's home in rural south India.Institutionalised children exploration and beyond · 2017Article
- Attendance at Religious Services, Prayer, Religious Coping, and Religious/Spiritual Identity as Predictors of All-Cause Mortality in the Black Women's Health Study.American journal of epidemiology · 2017Article
- The role of oxidative stress, inflammation and acetaminophen exposure from birth to early childhood in the induction of autism.The Journal of international medical research · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundExperiences of violence contribute to the occurrence of childhood asthma, but there is little information on the effect of early-life abuse on adult-onset asthma.
objectiveWe prospectively assessed the relation between physical and sexual abuse during childhood and adolescence and the incidence of adult-onset asthma in the Black Women's Health Study.
methodsWe followed 28,456 women from 1995 through 2011 with biennial mailed questionnaires. Experiences of physical and sexual abuse that occurred during childhood and adolescence were obtained in 2005. Cox regression models were used to estimate incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and 95% CIs.
resultsDuring 417,931 person-years of follow-up, 1,160 participants reported physician-diagnosed asthma and concurrent use of asthma medication. Compared with women who experienced no abuse during childhood or adolescence, the multivariable IRR for any childhood abuse was 1.24 (95% CI, 1.06-1.45), and for any adolescent abuse, it was 1.10 (95% CI, 0.88-1.36). The IRR was higher for childhood physical abuse (IRR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.07-1.49) than for childhood sexual abuse (IRR, 1.15; 95% CI, 0.88-1.49). IRRs for physical and sexual abuse during adolescence were compatible with 1.0. The association between childhood abuse and asthma incidence was stronger in older compared with younger women.
conclusionIn this large cohort of African American women, there was a positive association between adult-onset asthma and childhood physical abuse and weaker associations for childhood sexual abuse and any abuse during adolescence. Given the high prevalence of asthma and childhood abuse, this association is of public health importance.
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