Sensitization to mouse allergen and asthma and asthma morbidity among women in Boston

Black and Hispanic women are sensitized to more allergens than white women in our cohort. Because sensitization to multiple allergens is a risk factor for asthma morbidity, the unique contribution of mouse allergen sensitization to the risk of morbidity among minority women may consequently be small...

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Published in:Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2007-10, Vol.120 (4), p.954-956
Main Authors: Phipatanakul, Wanda, MD, MS, Litonjua, Augusto A., MD, MPH, Platts-Mills, Thomas A.E., MD, PhD, Naccara, Lisa M., BA, Celedón, Juan C., MD, DrPH, Abdulkerim, Hassen, MS, Hoffman, Elaine B., PhD, Gold, Diane R., MD, MPH
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Language:English
Subjects:
Allergens - immunology
Allergies
Allergy and Immunology
Animals
Asthma - ethnology
Asthma - etiology
Cold
Ethnicity
Female
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Illnesses
Mice - immunology
Morbidity
Population
Socioeconomic factors
Statistical methods
Studies
Women
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Summary:Black and Hispanic women are sensitized to more allergens than white women in our cohort. Because sensitization to multiple allergens is a risk factor for asthma morbidity, the unique contribution of mouse allergen sensitization to the risk of morbidity among minority women may consequently be smaller for minority women than for white women. [...]the population at risk for mouse allergy-associated asthma may be greater among the African American and Hispanic compared with the non-Hispanic white women of child-bearing age.
ISSN:0091-6749
1097-6825
DOI:10.1016/j.jaci.2007.05.010