ArticlePediatrics2016
Changing Trends in Asthma Prevalence Among Children.
Article in Pediatrics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 231 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
Single Dose Dexamethasone is as Effective as Two Doses in Mild to Moderate Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations in the Emergency Department
COPE for Children With Asthma: A Cognitive Behavior Skills-Building
Chicago Asthma School-Directed Child-Centered Assessment and Dissemination of Evidence
Who cites it
231 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The odds of developing asthma and wheeze among children and adolescents exposed to particulate matter: asystematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Association between age of respiratory syncytial virus infection hospitalization and childhood asthma: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Pediatric asthma control during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Pediatric pulmonology · 2022Pooled it
- Management of asthma exacerbations in the paediatric population: a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2021Pooled it
- Models for estimating and projecting global, regional and national prevalence and disease burden of asthma: a systematic review.Journal of global health · 2020Pooled it
- A national burden assessment of estimated pediatric asthma emergency department visits that may be attributed to elevated ozone levels associated with the presence of smoke.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2019Pooled it
- A Pilot Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial of School-Supervised Therapy to Improve Pediatric Asthma Control.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2025Trial
- Pharmacokinetics of Oral Vitamin D in Children with Obesity and Asthma.Clinical pharmacokinetics · 2023Trial
- Evaluating inhaler education interventions for hospitalized children with asthma: A randomized controlled trial.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2023Trial
- Implementation of Coach McLungsBMC medical informatics and decision making · 2022Trial
- Strategies to improve the recruitment and retention of underserved children and families in clinical trials: A case example of a school-supervised asthma therapy pilot.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Trial
- Randomised pilot trial of cash incentives for reducing paediatric asthmatic tobacco smoke exposures from maternal caregivers and members of their social network.Archives of disease in childhood · 2021Trial
- Effect of early and late prenatal vitamin D and maternal asthma status on offspring asthma or recurrent wheeze.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2021Trial
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- HEPA filtration improves asthma control in children exposed to traffic-related airborne particles.Indoor air · 2020Trial
- Impact of sleep opportunity on asthma outcomes in adolescents.Sleep medicine · 2020Trial
- Maternal Black Race and Persistent Wheezing Illness in Former Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial.The Journal of pediatrics · 2018Trial
- CDC42-related genes are upregulated in helper T cells from obese asthmatic children.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2018Trial
- Health Supports Learning: Academic Outcomes Improved by the School-Based Asthma Therapy Program.The Journal of school health · 2026Article
- Single maintenance and reliever therapy strategies for Implementation and effectiveness trial (SMART & SIMPLE Trial): study protocol for a type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster-randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2026Article
171 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundChildhood asthma prevalence doubled from 1980 to 1995 and then increased more slowly from 2001 to 2010. During this second period, racial disparities increased. More recent trends remain to be described.
methodsWe analyzed current asthma prevalence using 2001-2013 National Health Interview Survey data for children ages 0 to 17 years. Logistic regression with quadratic terms was used to test for nonlinear patterns in trends. Differences between demographic subgroups were further assessed with multivariate models controlling for gender, age, poverty status, race/ethnicity, urbanicity, and geographic region.
resultsOverall, childhood asthma prevalence increased from 2001 to 2009 followed by a plateau then a decline in 2013. From 2001 to 2013, multivariate logistic regression showed no change in prevalence among non-Hispanic white and Puerto Rican children and those in the Northeast and West; increasing prevalence among 10- to 17-year-olds, poor children, and those living in the South; increasing then plateauing prevalence among 5- to 9-year-olds, near-poor children, and non-Hispanic black children; and increasing then decreasing prevalence among 0- to 4-year-olds, nonpoor, and Mexican children and those in the Midwest. Non-Hispanic black-white disparities stopped increasing, and Puerto Rican children remained with the highest prevalence.
conclusionsCurrent asthma prevalence ceased to increase among children in recent years and the non-Hispanic black-white disparity stopped increasing due mainly to plateauing prevalence among non-Hispanic black children.
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