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ArticleThe Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma2017

Use of Medicaid and housing data may help target areas of high asthma prevalence.

Stephen Vesper, Thomas Robins, Toby Lewis, Kevin Dombkowski, Larry Wymer, Rebeca Villegas, Stuart Batterman

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Article in The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Stephen Vespera United States Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory , Cincinnati , OH , USA.
Thomas Robinsb University of Michigan School of Public Health , Department of Environmental Health Sciences , Ann Arbor , MI , USA.
Toby Lewisb University of Michigan School of Public Health , Department of Environmental Health Sciences , Ann Arbor , MI , USA.
Kevin Dombkowskid University of Michigan Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Unit , Ann Arbor , MI , USA.
Larry Wymera United States Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory , Cincinnati , OH , USA.
Rebeca Villegase Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision , Detroit , MI , USA.
Stuart Battermanb University of Michigan School of Public Health , Department of Environmental Health Sciences , Ann Arbor , MI , USA.

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Role of Diesel and Other Vehicular Exhaust in Exacerbation of Childhood AsthmaR01ES014677 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ROBINS, THOMAS G · 2007 to 2011
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Intramural EPA EPA999999NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES014677
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Abstract

objectiveTo determine if there was a significant difference between mold contamination and asthma prevalence in Detroit and non-Detroit Michigan homes, between newer and older homes, and if there is a correlation between mold contamination and measures of Medicaid use for asthma in the 25 Detroit zip codes.

methodsSettled dust was collected from homes (n = 113) of Detroit asthmatic children and from a representative group of Michigan homes (n = 43). The mold contamination for each home was measured using the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI) scale and the mean ERMI values in Detroit and non-Detroit homes were statistically compared. Michigan Medicaid data (13 measures related to asthma) in each of the 25 zip codes in Detroit were tested for correlation to ERMI values for homes in those zip codes.

resultsThe mean ERMI value (14.5 ± 8.0) for Detroit asthmatic childrens' homes was significantly (Student's t-test, p < 0.001) greater than the mean ERMI value (2.1 ± 6.2) for the non-Detroit homes. Detroit homes > 60 years old had significantly (p = 0.01) greater mean ERMI values than Detroit homes ≤ 60 years old (15.87 vs. 11.25). The percentage of children that underwent spirometry testing for their persistent asthma (based on Medicaid data) was significantly, positively correlated with the mean ERMI values of the homes in the 25 zip codes.

conclusionsApplying Medicaid-use data for spirometry testing and locating a city's older housing stock might help find foci of homes with high ERMI values.

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EnvironmentHousingAsthmaDustFemaleFungiHumansMaleMedicaidMichiganPrevalenceSmall-Area AnalysisSpirometryUnited StatesDustAspergillusDetroitdustERMIhome agemoldzip code

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PMCPMC6482379

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