Diet, Asthma, and Severe Asthma Exacerbations in a Prospective Study of Puerto Rican Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor diet quality may contribute to the disproportionate asthma burden in Puerto Rican youth.

Objective

To examine whether an unhealthy diet at one or two study visits conducted over about 5 years was associated with asthma, severe asthma exacerbations, and worse lung function in Puerto Rican youth.

Methods

This was a prospective study of 406 Puerto Rican youth aged 6 to 14 years at a baseline visit and 9 to 20 years at a follow-up visit. As in prior work, diet was assessed using a dietary score ranging from -2 to +2. The exposure of interest was an unhealthy diet, defined as a nonpositive dietary score (0 to -2) at one or both visits. Outcomes of interest were asthma (defined as physician-diagnosed asthma and one of more episode of wheeze in the year befor

SUBMITTER: Reyes-Angel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9007834 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature