ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source2015
Swimming pool attendance is related to asthma among atopic school children: a population-based study.
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- Asthma risk in young people who attended chlorinated swimming pools in early childhood.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2025Pooled it
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- Exercise-Induced Asthma: Managing Respiratory Issues in Athletes.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Review
- Pulmonary function in swimmers exposed to disinfection by-products: a narrative review.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Review
- Association of blood trihalomethane concentrations with asthma in US adolescents: nationally representative cross-sectional study.The European respiratory journal · 2022Article
- S3 guideline Allergy Prevention.Allergologie select · 2022Article
- Analysis of the Kinetics of Swimming Pool Water Reaction in Analytical Device Reproducing Its Circulation on a Small Scale.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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- Early life swimming pool exposure and asthma onset in children - a case-control study.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2018Article
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- Selective citation in the literature on swimming in chlorinated water and childhood asthma: a network analysis.Research integrity and peer review · 2017Article
- Pooling the evidence: A review of swimming and atopic dermatitis.Pediatric dermatologyReview
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Abstract
backgroundBy-products of water disinfectants have been suggested to cause asthma, especially in atopic children. However, studies on indoor swimming pool attendance and asthma in children have presented conflicting results. The present study examined the relationship between indoor swimming pool attendance and asthma among sensitized and non-sensitized children aged 11-12 years.
methodsAn extended ISAAC questionnaire was sent to the families of all children attending fifth or sixth grade, aged 11-12 years, in two municipalities in Northern Sweden in 2010. A total of 1866 participated (96% of those invited) in the questionnaire study and 1652 (89%) also participated in skin prick testing for 10 standard airborne allergens. Asthma was defined as physician-diagnosed asthma in combination with wheeze or use of asthma medication in the last 12 months. Current swimming pool attendance was reported as ≥ 1/week or <1/week. Logistic regression models were used for data analysis.
resultsThe prevalence of current asthma was 8.9% (10.0% of boys; 7.9% of girls) and 14% had attended indoor pools ≥ 1/week. Children currently attending swimming pools ≥ 1/week had an increased risk of current asthma. Stratified analyses for allergic sensitization adjusted for sex, parental smoking, parental asthma, and damp housing, showed a statistically significant association for current asthma only among sensitized subjects (OR 95% CI 1.90 1.09-3.32). No association was found between current pool attendance and wheeze, sensitization, rhinitis or eczema.
conclusionsThe present study supports the proposed link between indoor swimming pool attendance and asthma in sensitized children.
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