Socioeconomic status and asthma control in African American youth in SAGE II.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

African Americans are disproportionately burdened by asthma. We assessed the individual and joint contribution of socioeconomic status (SES) on asthma morbidity among African American youth.

Methods

We examined 686 African Americans (8-21 years) with asthma. To account for the joint effects of SES, a composite index was derived from maternal educational attainment, household income, and insurance status. Ordinal logistic regression was used to estimate the individual and joint effect of SES on asthma control. Models were adjusted for age, sex, controller medication use, in utero smoke exposure, family history of asthma, family history of rhinitis, breastfeeding, daycare attendance, and mold exposure.

Results

Participants were classified as Poorly Controlled

SUBMITTER: Thakur N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4257058 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature