Childhood food insecurity and incident asthma: A population-based cohort study of children in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood food insecurity has been associated with prevalent asthma in cross-sectional studies. Little is known about the relationship between food insecurity and incident asthma.

Methods

We used administrative databases linked with the Canadian Community Health Survey, to conduct a retrospective cohort study of children <18 years in Ontario, Canada. Children without a previous diagnosis of asthma who had a household response to the Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) were followed until March 31, 2018 for new asthma diagnoses using a validated administrative coding algorithm. We used multivariable Cox proportional hazard models to examine the association between food insecurity and incident asthma, and adjusted models sequentially for clinical and clini

SUBMITTER: Clemens KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8189521 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature