PMID- 24155075
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140813
LR  - 20131216
IS  - 1099-0496 (Electronic)
IS  - 1099-0496 (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 1
DP  - 2014 Jan
TI  - The prevalence of asthma in Canadian children of South Asian descent.
PG  - 43-8
LID - 10.1002/ppul.22907 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Asthma is the most common disease in childhood. The prevalence of 
      asthma is known to vary greatly between and within countries and among different 
      ethnic groups. In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of asthma and 
      wheezing symptoms in South Asian children living in Canada. METHODS: In a cross 
      sectional study, data from the Phase III International Study on Asthma and 
      Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) were analyzed. A surname algorithm to determine 
      South Asian ethnic descent was used. Prevalence was calculated and compared to 
      non-South Asian children from the same survey and to the reported prevalence from 
      the Indian subcontinent ISAAC III survey for children ages 6-9 and 13-16. 
      RESULTS: The prevalence of asthma and wheezing did not differ between children of 
      South Asian descent and non-South Asians living Canada. When compared to the 
      children living in India, the prevalence of asthma, wheeze, and exercise induced 
      wheeze was significantly higher in the South Asian children living in Canada. 
      Higher body mass index of the child, parental smoking, and pet ownership were 
      strongly associated with asthma and wheeze. CONCLUSIONS: In contrast to other 
      studies these data suggest that South Asian children living in Canada have a 
      similar asthma prevalence to non-South Asian children; both of whom had higher 
      asthma prevalence compared with children residing in South Asia. This suggests 
      that environmental and social factors play a role in asthma prevalence. Risk 
      factors for asthma in children of South Asian descent living in Canada are 
      similar to those of the overall population.
CI  - (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
FAU - Moerman, Joost Nico
AU  - Moerman JN
AD  - Desiderius School of Medicine, Erasmus, MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
FAU - Ratjen, Felix
AU  - Ratjen F
FAU - Subbarao, Padmaja
AU  - Subbarao P
FAU - Sears, Malcolm R
AU  - Sears MR
FAU - Anand, Sonia S
AU  - Anand SS
FAU - Stanojevic, Sanja
AU  - Stanojevic S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20131024
PL  - United States
TA  - Pediatr Pulmonol
JT  - Pediatric pulmonology
JID - 8510590
RN  - 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Asia, Southeastern/ethnology
MH  - Asthma/*epidemiology
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Canada/epidemiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Pets
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Respiratory Sounds
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Tobacco Smoke Pollution/adverse effects
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - South Asian
OT  - adolescence
OT  - asthma
OT  - childhood
OT  - ethnicity
OT  - wheeze
EDAT- 2013/10/25 06:00
MHDA- 2014/08/15 06:00
CRDT- 2013/10/25 06:00
PHST- 2013/05/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/08/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/10/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/10/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/08/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1002/ppul.22907 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pediatr Pulmonol. 2014 Jan;49(1):43-8. doi: 10.1002/ppul.22907. Epub 2013 Oct 24.