Wheeze, cough, atopy, and indoor environment in the Scottish Highlands

A questionnaire which included items on wheeze, cough, eczema, hay fever, and indoor environment, including parental smoking habits, pet ownership, heating and cooking methods, home insulation, damp, mould, and years lived in their houses, was given to 1801 children, aged 12 and 14 from the Highland...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 1997-01, Vol.76 (1), p.22-26
Main Authors: Austin, Jane B, Russell, George
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age groups
Allergies
Animals
Animals, Domestic
Asthma
Asthma - epidemiology
atopy
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Children & youth
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma
Cohort Studies
Confidence intervals
Cooking
cough
Cough - epidemiology
Dermatitis, Atopic - epidemiology
Environment
Environmental Influences
Ethics
Female
Females
Hay fever
Heat
Heating
Houses
Housing
Humans
Hypersensitivity, Immediate - epidemiology
indoor environment
Indoor environments
Insulation
Male
Medical sciences
Original
Pets
Pneumology
Pregnancy
Prevalence
Respiratory Sounds
Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal - epidemiology
Scotland - epidemiology
Skin diseases
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
Urban areas
wheeze
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Summary:A questionnaire which included items on wheeze, cough, eczema, hay fever, and indoor environment, including parental smoking habits, pet ownership, heating and cooking methods, home insulation, damp, mould, and years lived in their houses, was given to 1801 children, aged 12 and 14 from the Highland Region in Scotland. Of the 1537 (85%) who replied, 267 (17%) reported current wheeze, 135 (9%) cough for three months in the year, 272 (18%) eczema, and 317 (21%) hay fever. There was no consistent relationship between respiratory symptoms and indoor environment although cough was associated with damp, double glazing, and maternal smoking. The prevalence of wheeze, cough, and atopy was higher in children who had lived in more than one house during their lifetime. These results suggest that increasing mobility of families in recent years may be more important in the aetiology of asthma than exposure to any one individual allergen or pollutant.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/adc.76.1.22