Multiple overlapping risk factors for childhood wheeze among children in Benin.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The African continent is currently facing an epidemiological transition characterized by a shift from communicable to non-communicable diseases. Prominent amongst the latter are allergies and asthma. In that context, wheeze has multiple potential contributory factors that could include some of the endemic helminth infections, as well as environmental exposures, such as household air pollution. We sought to determine the relative importance of these risk factors among children in Benin.

Methods

We included 964 children aged 6-14 years living in the commune of Comé, south-west Benin. All children were participants in the longitudinal monitoring cohort of the DeWorm3 trial designed to evaluate multiple rounds of community mass treatment with albendazole for interrupt

SUBMITTER: Avokpaho EFGA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9791764 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature