Changing Trends in Asthma Prevalence Among Children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood asthma prevalence doubled from 1980 to 1995 and then increased more slowly from 2001 to 2010. During this second period, racial disparities increased. More recent trends remain to be described.

Methods

We analyzed current asthma prevalence using 2001-2013 National Health Interview Survey data for children ages 0 to 17 years. Logistic regression with quadratic terms was used to test for nonlinear patterns in trends. Differences between demographic subgroups were further assessed with multivariate models controlling for gender, age, poverty status, race/ethnicity, urbanicity, and geographic region.

Results

Overall, childhood asthma prevalence increased from 2001 to 2009 followed by a plateau then a decline in 2013. From 2001 to 2013, multivariate lo

SUBMITTER: Akinbami LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4755484 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature