ArticleThe open respiratory medicine journal2013
Decreased pulmonary function measured in children exposed to high environmental relative moldiness index homes.
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- Decreased FEV1 % in asthmatic adults in Scottish homes with high Environmental Relative Moldiness Index values.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2015Article
- Dampness, indoor mould, fungal DNA and respiratory health - molecular methods in indoor epidemiology.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundExposures to water-damaged homes/buildings has been linked to deficits in respiratory health. However, accurately quantifying this linkage has been difficult because of the methods used to assess water damage and respiratory health. PURPOSE: The goal of this analysis was to determine the correlation between the water-damage, as defined by the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI) value in an asthmatic child's home, and the child's pulmonary function measured by spirometry, "forced expiratory volume in one second, percent predicted" or FEV1%.
methodsThis analysis utilized data obtained from the "Heads-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana" (HEAL) study. The children (n= 109), 6 to 12 years of age, who had completed at least one spirometry evaluation and a dust sample collected for ERMI analysis from the home at approximately the same time as the spirometry testing, were included in the analysis. Statistical evaluation of the correlation between ERMI values and FEV1% was performed using the Spearman's Rank Correlation analysis. The relationship between ERMI values and FEV1% was performed using B-spline regression.
resultsThe average ERMI value in the HEAL study homes was 7.3. For homes with ERMI values between 2.5 and 15, there was a significant inverse correlation with the child's lung function or FEV1% measurement (Spearman's rho -0.23; p= 0.03), i.e. as the ERMI value increased, the FEV1% value decreased.
conclusionsMeasures of water-damage (the ERMI) and clinical assessments of lung function (FEV1%) provided a quantitative assessment of the impact of water-damaged home exposures on children's respiratory health.
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