Is the prevalence of asthma and related symptoms among Brazilian children related to socioeconomic status?

dc.contributorUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.creatorSole, Dirceu [UNIFESP]
dc.creatorCamelo-Nunes, Ines Cristina [UNIFESP]
dc.creatorWandalsen, Gustavo Falbo [UNIFESP]
dc.creatorMallozi, Marcia Carvalho [UNIFESP]
dc.creatorNaspitz, Charles Kirov [UNIFESP]
dc.creatorBrazilian Isaacs Group [UNIFESP]
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T13:49:24Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-07T21:37:21Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T13:49:24Z
dc.date.available2022-10-07T21:37:21Z
dc.date.created2016-01-24T13:49:24Z
dc.date.issued2008-01-01
dc.identifierJournal of Asthma. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis Inc, v. 45, n. 1, p. 19-25, 2008.
dc.identifier0277-0903
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/30312
dc.identifier10.1080/02770900701496056
dc.identifierWOS:000253317300003
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/4030577
dc.description.abstractObjective. To evaluate the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and the prevalence of asthma and related symptoms among Brazilian children. Methods. the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) written questionnaire was applied to 23,457 six- to seven-year-old schoolchildren (SC) and 58,144 thirteen- to fourteen-year-old adolescents (AD) from 20 Brazilian cities. SES was evaluated by infant mortality index, poverty index, and average nominal income for people older than 10 years of age. Results. Current asthma ranged from 16.5% to 31.2% among SC and from 11.8% to 30.5% among AD and severe asthma from 2.9% to 8.5% (SC) and 2.6% to 9.1% (AD). Higher values were observed in Brazilian-Northern, -Northeastern and -Southeastern centers. No significant association between SES and prevalence of asthma and related symptoms was observed. Conclusions. in Brazil, the prevalence of asthma and related symptoms is quite variable and independent of SES.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Inc
dc.relationJournal of Asthma
dc.rightshttp://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/permissions/reusingOwnWork.asp
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.subjectChildren
dc.subjectasthma
dc.subjectwheezing
dc.subjectprevalence
dc.subjectISAAC
dc.subjectepidemiology
dc.titleIs the prevalence of asthma and related symptoms among Brazilian children related to socioeconomic status?
dc.typeArtigo


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