Socioeconomic status, diet, and recurrent severe asthma exacerbations in Puerto Rican youth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Why Puerto Rican youths have higher rates of severe asthma exacerbations (SAEs) than their non-Hispanic White peers is unclear.

Objective

We aimed to identify risk factors associated with recurrent SAEs in Puerto Rican youths with asthma.

Methods

We performed cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of recurrent SAEs in 209 Puerto Rican youths with asthma who participated in 2 cross-sectional studies approximately 5.2 years apart: the Puerto Rico Genetics of Asthma and Lifestyle study (visit 1, participants aged 6-14 years) and the Epigenetic Variation and Childhood Asthma in Puerto Ricans study (visit 2, participants aged 9-20 years). Recurrent SAEs were defined as at least 2 SAEs in the previous year.

Results

Of the youths in our study, there were

SUBMITTER: Gaietto K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10875262 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature