Risk factors of asthma in the Asian population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

An increasing trend of asthma prevalence was observed in Asia; however, contributions of environmental and host-related risk factors to the development of this disease remain uncertain. This study aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis for asthma-associated risk factors reported in Asia.

Methods

We systematically searched three public databases (Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus) in Feb 2021. We only included articles that reported environmental and host-related risk factors associated with asthma in the Asian population. Random-effect meta-analyses were conducted for frequently reported asthma-associated risk factors to provide an overall risk estimate of asthma development.

Results

Of 4030 records obtained from public databa

SUBMITTER: Sio YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8662898 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature