Modifiable risk factors associated with bronchiolitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We sought to clarify possibly modifiable risk factors related to pollution responsible for acute bronchiolitis in hospitalized infants.

Methods

For this observational study, we recruited 213 consecutive infants with bronchiolitis (cases: median age: 2 months; age range: 0.5-12 months; boys: 55.4%) and 213 children aged <3 years (controls: median age: 12 months; age range: 0.5-36 months; boys: 54.5%) with a negative medical history for lower respiratory tract diseases hospitalized at 'Sapienza' University Rome and IRCCS Bambino Gesù Hospital. Infants' parents completed a standardized 53-item questionnaire seeking information on social-demographic and clinical characteristics, indoor pollution, eating habits and outdoor air pollution. Multivariate logistic regressio

SUBMITTER: Nenna R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5933664 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature