ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2014
Traffic-related air pollution and asthma hospital readmission in children: a longitudinal cohort study.
Article in The Journal of pediatrics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
- Update of a systematic review on associations between environmental exposures and asthma control and exacerbations in young children.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- The Effect of Outdoor Environmental Exposure on Readmission Rates for Children and Adolescents with Asthma-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Characteristics of cohort studies of long-term exposure to PMEnvironmental science and pollution research international · 2019Pooled it
- Predictors of repeated acute hospital attendance for asthma in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Pediatric pulmonology · 2018Pooled it
- A census tract-level assessment of social determinants of health, traffic exposure, and asthma exacerbations in New York State's Medicaid Population (2005-2015).Eco-Environment & Health · 2024Article
- Article
- Associations of Lifestyle, Ambient Air Pollution With Progression of Asthma in Adults: A Comprehensive Analysis of UK Biobank Cohort.International journal of public health · 2024Article
- Genetic ancestry differences in pediatric asthma readmission are mediated by socioenvironmental factors.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2021Article
- Respiratory Hospitalizations and Their Relationship with Air Pollution Sources in the Period of FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Impact of environmental dust exposure in modulating microbiome and its association with non-communicable diseases.Journal of developmental origins of health and disease · 2020Review
- Effect of Ambient Air Pollution on Hospital Readmissions among the Pediatric Asthma Patient Population in South Texas: A Case-Crossover Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Development of an environmental health tool linking chemical exposures, physical location and lung function.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Residential Greenspace Association with Childhood Behavioral Outcomes.The Journal of pediatrics · 2019Article
- Geographic Patterns of Asthma Rates and Air Quality in Delaware.Delaware journal of public health · 2019Article
- Air pollution, urgent asthma medical visits and the modifying effect of neighborhood asthma prevalence.Pediatric research · 2019Article
- Associations between environmental quality and adult asthma prevalence in medical claims data.Environmental research · 2018Article
- Characteristics of Pediatric Emergency Revisits After an Asthma-Related Hospitalization.Annals of emergency medicine · 2017Observational
- Disparities in emergency department visits in American children with asthma: 2006-2010.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2017Article
- Mapping Neighborhood Health Geomarkers To Clinical Care Decisions To Promote Equity In Child Health.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2017Article
- Parental Snoring and Environmental Pollutants, but Not Aeroallergen Sensitization, Are Associated with Childhood Snoring in a Birth Cohort.Pediatric allergy, immunology, and pulmonology · 2017Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
objectiveTo examine the association between exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) and hospital readmission for asthma or bronchodilator-responsive wheezing. STUDY
designA population-based cohort of 758 children aged 1-16 years admitted for asthma or bronchodilator-responsive wheezing was assessed for asthma readmission within 12 months. TRAP exposure was estimated with a land use regression model using the home address at index admission, with TRAP dichotomized at the sample median (0.37 μg/m3). Covariates included allergen-specific IgE, tobacco smoke exposure, and social factors obtained at enrollment. Associations between TRAP exposure and readmission were assessed using logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards models.
resultsThe study cohort was 58% African American and 32% white; 19% of the patients were readmitted within 12 months of the original admission. Higher TRAP exposure was associated with a higher readmission rate (21% vs. 16%; P = .05); this association was not significant after adjusting for covariates (aOR, 1.4; 95% CI, 0.9-2.2). Race modified the observed association; white children with high TRAP exposure had 3-fold higher odds of asthma readmission (OR, 3.0; 95% CI, 1.1-8.1), compared with white children with low TRAP exposure. In African American children, TRAP exposure was not associated with increased readmission (OR, 1.1; 95% CI, 0.6-1.8). In children with high TRAP exposure, TRAP exposure was associated with decreased time to readmission in white children (hazard ratio, 3.2; 95% CI, 1.5-6.7) compared with African American children (hazard ratio, 1.0; 95% CI, 0.7-1.4). African American children had a higher readmission rate overall.
conclusionTRAP exposure is associated with increased odds of hospital readmission in white children, but not in African American children.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.