Indoor Environment and Childhood Asthma in Ningxia:a Case-Control Study
- VernacularTitle:宁夏地区儿童哮喘室内环境因素病例-对照研究
- Author:
Wenqing DING
;
Xuewei WANG
;
Fengping ZHU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Air pollution,indoor;
Childhood;
Respiratory system;
Indoor environment;
Case-control study
- From:
Journal of Environment and Health
2007;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To know the risk factors of indoor environment associated with childhood asthmas. Methods Using 1∶1 matched case-control study design,140 cases and 140 age-sex-matched controls from the Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University were investigated for the indoor environment risk factors,from July 2004 to May 2008. Conditional Logistic regression model was used for data analysis. Results It was revealed in univariate and multivariate conditional Logistic regression analysis that there was significant correlation between using coal for cooking,newly indoor decoration,raising pets and the childhood asthma with odds ratios of 1.67,6.46 and 3.06 respectively(P
