Urinary biomarkers of environmental exposures and asthma morbidity in a school inner city asthma study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The burden of pediatric asthma and other allergic diseases is not evenly distributed among United States populations.

Objective

To determine whether urinary biomarkers are associated with asthma morbidity, and if associations vary by child race, ethnicity and sex.

Methods

This study includes n = 152 children with physician-diagnosed asthma who participated in the School Inner-City Asthma Intervention Study (SICAS-2). Metabolites of phenol, paraben, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and phthalate analytes were analyzed from urine samples collected at baseline. Asthma symptom days over the past 2 weeks were dichotomized to no asthma symptom days or any asthma symptom days. Cross-sectional regression models were adjusted for age, sex, number of colds, househol

SUBMITTER: Hauptman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11972426 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature