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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2021

Prevalence and risk factors of asthma among school going children in urban area of North India.

Pratap Kumar Patra, Dharmagat Bhattarai, Arun Prasad, Hansmukh Jain, Suprabhat Ranjan, Alok Ranjan

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Pratap Kumar PatraDepartment of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Phulwari Sharif, Patna, Bihar, India.
Dharmagat BhattaraiDepartment of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Arun PrasadDepartment of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Phulwari Sharif, Patna, Bihar, India.
Hansmukh JainDepartment of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Phulwari Sharif, Patna, Bihar, India.
Suprabhat RanjanDepartment of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Phulwari Sharif, Patna, Bihar, India.
Alok RanjanDepartment of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Phulwari Sharif, Patna, Bihar, India.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionBronchial asthma is a chronic respiratory illness of global importance. Recent reports depict the increasing prevalence of this disorder in urban areas.

methodsAn observational study was designed with a sample size of 1163 children from grade 4 to grade 12, involving 8 randomly selected schools in 2015-2016. Modified International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood [ISAAC] questionnaire in local language [Hindi version] was used for data collection. The data of assessed risk factors were collected and analysed.

resultsPrevalence of asthma in the studied population was 2.8%. Multivariate analysis revealed a significant association of risk of asthma with use of firewood kitchener for cooking, keeping pet animals at home, high body mass index (BMI), absence of ventilator measures like chimney and aero-vent. Logistic regression analysis revealed use of firewood kitchener for cooking (odds ratio (OR) = 4.9, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.93-11.3), absence of smoke outlet (OR 2.8, 95% CI 1.3-5.8) and keeping pet animals (OR 3.2, CI 1.6-6.8) at home were observed to be significantly associated with asthma.

conclusionPrevalence of asthma in our cohort was significantly lesser than that of developed world. Household smoke was the most conspicuous risk factor contributory to childhood asthma in this part of world.

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Bronchial AsthmaPatnaschool childrenUrban

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