[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology and risk factors for asthma

ME Kuruvilla, K Vanijcharoenkarn, JA Shih… - Respiratory …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Both asthma incidence as well as prevalence have increased dramatically both
globally and in the United States over the past 50 years.•Distinct populations including …

Asthma in urban children: epidemiology, environmental risk factors, and the public health domain

KL Milligan, E Matsui, H Sharma - Current allergy and asthma reports, 2016‏ - Springer
Asthma is the most commonly reported chronic condition of childhood in developed
countries, with 6.5 million children affected in the USA. A disparate burden of childhood …

Neighborhood poverty, urban residence, race/ethnicity, and asthma: rethinking the inner-city asthma epidemic

CA Keet, MC McCormack, CE Pollack, RD Peng… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Background Although it is thought that inner-city areas have a high burden of asthma, the
prevalence of asthma in inner cities across the United States is not known. Objective We …

Environmental justice and allergic disease: a work group report of the AAAAI Environmental Exposure and Respiratory Health Committee and the Diversity, Equity and …

AJ Burbank, ML Hernandez, A Jefferson… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Environmental justice is the concept that all people have the right to live in a healthy
environment, to be protected against environmental hazards, and to participate in decisions …

Racialising genetic risk: assumptions, realities, and recommendations

JP Cerdeña, V Grubbs, AL Non - The Lancet, 2022‏ - thelancet.com
Scientists and clinicians wield the immense power of defining reality and producing facts. 1
Although no person can truly claim objectivity, scholars enjoy the authority of expertise and …

Temporal trends and racial/ethnic disparity in self-reported pediatric food allergy in the United States

CA Keet, JH Savage, S Seopaul, RD Peng… - Annals of Allergy …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Background The prevalence of food allergy is thought to be increasing, but data from the
United States have not been systematically synthesized. Objective To summarize the data …

A Pediatric Asthma Risk Score to better predict asthma development in young children

JMB Myers, E Schauberger, H He, LJ Martin… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Background Asthma phenotypes are currently not amenable to primary prevention or early
intervention because their natural history cannot be reliably predicted. Clinicians remain …

[HTML][HTML] Multiancestral polygenic risk score for pediatric asthma

B Namjou, M Lape, E Malolepsza, SB DeVore… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Background Asthma is the most common chronic condition in children and the third leading
cause of hospitalization in pediatrics. The genome-wide association study catalog reports …

Genetic ancestry influences asthma susceptibility and lung function among Latinos

M Pino-Yanes, N Thakur, CR Gignoux… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Background Childhood asthma prevalence and morbidity varies among Latinos in the
United States, with Puerto Ricans having the highest and Mexicans the lowest. Objective To …

Perceived discrimination associated with asthma and related outcomes in minority youth: the GALA II and SAGE II studies

N Thakur, NE Barcelo, LN Borrell, S Singh, C Eng… - Chest, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Background Asthma disproportionately affects minority populations and is associated with
psychosocial stress such as racial/ethnic discrimination. We aimed to examine the …