Exposure Profiles for the Long-Term Use of Disinfectants and Cleaning Products and Asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Using disinfectants and cleaning products (DCPs) at home and work is known to influence both the onset and course of asthma, but most epidemiological studies did not consider the multiplicity and correlations of exposures to DCPs. We aimed to identify exposure profiles for the long-term weekly use of DCPs by latent class analysis (LCA) and assess their associations with asthma.

Methods

LCA was conducted on data from 1143 young adults initially recruited in the German centers of Phase II of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) and followed up three times. In our LCA model, we included the use of cleaning sprays, disinfectant sprays, and nonspray disinfection methods, measured at ages 19-24 (first assessment) and 29-34 years (second a

SUBMITTER: Pacheco Da Silva E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11969305 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature