ArticleInternational journal of hygiene and environmental health2021
Household mold, pesticide use, and childhood asthma: A nationwide study in the U.S.
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- The association between children's exposure to pesticides and asthma, wheezing, and lower respiratory tract infections. A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Residential environment in relation to self-report of respiratory and asthma symptoms among primary school children in a high-polluted urban area.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Experiences with household mold and perceptions of microbiome engineering to mitigate mold.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The Impact of the Indoor Environment on Childhood Asthma.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2025Review
- Childhood asthma exacerbations on the Navajo Nation.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2024Article
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- Determinants of asthma among adults in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: a facility-based case-control study.PeerJ · 2024Article
- The Role of Climate Change in Asthma.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023Article
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- Unequal Housing Conditions And Code Enforcement Contribute To Asthma Disparities In Boston, Massachusetts.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2022Article
- Climate change and allergic diseases: A scoping review.The journal of climate change and healthReview
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the associations of household mold and pesticide use with risk of childhood asthma and examine the potential effect modification by child's sex at a national level in the U.S.
methodsNationally representative data were drawn from the cross-sectional 2017 and 2018 National Surveys of Children's Health. Household mold and pesticide exposures during the past 12 months and physician-diagnosed childhood asthma were assessed by standard questionnaires administered to primary caregivers. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to calculate adjusted odds ratios (aOR) for current asthma, adjusting for child, caregiver, and household covariates. We also examined potential effect modification by child's sex. Sampling weights accounted for the complex survey design.
resultsAmong 41,423 U.S. children in 2017-2018, the weighted prevalence of current asthma was 10.8% in household mold-exposed children, compared with 7.2% in non-exposed children (P < 0.001). After adjusting for covariates including child's obesity, children with household mold exposure compared to those with no household mold exposure had a 1.41-fold (95% CI: 1.07, 1.87) higher odds of current asthma. Associations between household mold and current asthma were pronounced among boys (aOR 1.57; 95% CI: 1.03-2.38) but not girls (aOR 1.28; 0.90-1.83; P for interaction <0.001). No significant associations were observed between household pesticide use and current asthma, after adjusting for covariates.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that household mold is associated with current asthma among children, independent of other major risk factors including child's obesity status. Our findings may inform strategies targeting mitigation of household mold as an important indoor environment factor to address childhood asthma.
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