Prematurity, atopy, and childhood asthma in Puerto Ricans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Puerto Rican children share a disproportionate burden of prematurity and asthma in the United States. Little is known about prematurity and childhood asthma in Puerto Rican subjects.

Objective

We sought to examine whether prematurity is associated with asthma in Puerto Rican children.

Methods

We performed a case-control study of 678 children aged 6 to 14 years with (n = 351) and without (n = 327) asthma living in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Prematurity was defined by parental report for our primary analysis. In a secondary analysis, we only included children whose parents reported prematurity that required admission to the neonatal intensive care unit. Asthma was defined as physician-diagnosed asthma and wheeze in the prior year. We used logistic regression for

SUBMITTER: Rosas-Salazar C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3960360 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature