Early family socioeconomic status and asthma-related outcomes in school-aged children: Results from seven birth cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the associations between maternal education and household income during early childhood with asthma-related outcomes in children aged 9-12 years in the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, the USA and Canada.

Methods

Data on 31 210 children were obtained from 7 prospective birth cohort studies across six countries. Asthma-related outcomes included ever asthma, wheezing/asthma attacks and medication control for asthma. Relative social inequalities were estimated using pooled risk ratios (RRs) adjusted for potential confounders (child age, sex, mother ethnic background and maternal age) for maternal education and household income. The Slope Index of Inequality (SII) was calculated for each cohort to evaluate absolute social inequalities.

Results

SUBMITTER: Yang-Huang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11672016 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature