Housing tenure and early-life acute lower respiratory tract infection admissions in two national Scottish birth cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Early-life acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) have been associated with subsequent wheezing, asthma and mortality. Despite infants and young children spending much of their time at home, the association of housing circumstances, including housing ownership status, on acute LRTI hospital admissions is not well explored.

Objective

To assess the association between housing tenure and the odds of hospital admission for acute LRTIs in children aged <2 years in Scotland.

Methods

Scottish birth records were linked to maternal census data (2001 and 2011) to construct two birth cohorts: cohort 1 (C1; born 2000-2002) and cohort 2 (C2; 2010-2012). Linkage to hospital records provided information on acute LRTI admissions. Using multivariable logistic re

SUBMITTER: Hart C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12273148 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature