Area deprivation and respiratory morbidities in children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Infants and children diagnosed with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) have a higher likelihood of recurrent hospitalizations and asthma-like symptoms. Socio-environmental factors that influence the frequency and severity of pulmonary symptoms in these children during the preschool age are poorly understood. In this study, we used the Area Deprivation Index (ADI) to evaluate the relationship between the socio-environmental exposures in children with BPD and respiratory outcomes during the first few years of life.

Methods

A registry of subjects recruited from outpatient BPD clinics at Johns Hopkins University (n = 909) and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (n = 125) between January 2008 and October 2021 was used. Subjects were separated into tertiles by ADI s

SUBMITTER: Banwell E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9398958 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature