Household mold, pesticide use, and childhood asthma: A nationwide study in the U.S.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the associations of household mold and pesticide use with risk of childhood asthma and examine the potential effect modification by child's sex at a national level in the U.S.

Methods

Nationally representative data were drawn from the cross-sectional 2017 and 2018 National Surveys of Children's Health. Household mold and pesticide exposures during the past 12 months and physician-diagnosed childhood asthma were assessed by standard questionnaires administered to primary caregivers. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to calculate adjusted odds ratios (aOR) for current asthma, adjusting for child, caregiver, and household covariates. We also examined potential effect modification by child's sex. Sampling weights accounted for the compl

SUBMITTER: Xiao S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7965337 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature