Effect of Relocation to the U.S. on Asthma Risk Among Hispanics

Introduction Asthma prevalence is reportedly higher among U.S.-born relative to foreign-born Hispanics/Latinos. Little is known about rates of asthma onset before and after relocation to the U.S. in Latinos. Asthma rates were examined by U.S. residence and country/territory of origin. Methods In 201...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:American journal of preventive medicine 2017-05, Vol.52 (5), p.579-588
Main Authors: Jerschow, Elina, MD, MSc, Strizich, Garrett, MPH, Xue, Xiaonan, PhD, Hudes, Golda, MD, PhD, Spivack, Simon, MD, Persky, Victoria, MD, Ayala, Guadalupe X., PhD, MPH, Delamater, Alan, PhD, Kim, Youngmee, PhD, Etzel, Erin, MS, Cai, Jianwen, PhD, Kaplan, Robert C., PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Asthma
Asthma - epidemiology
Asthma - ethnology
Asthma - etiology
Birth place
Community health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data
Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data
Environment
Female
Health risk assessment
Health Surveys
Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data
Hispanic people
Humans
Immigrants
Internal Medicine
Latin American cultural groups
Logistic Models
Male
Mexican Americans - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Prevalence
Prognosis
Proportional Hazards Models
Puerto Ricans
Relocation
Residence
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Sex Distribution
United States - epidemiology
Young Adult
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Introduction Asthma prevalence is reportedly higher among U.S.-born relative to foreign-born Hispanics/Latinos. Little is known about rates of asthma onset before and after relocation to the U.S. in Latinos. Asthma rates were examined by U.S. residence and country/territory of origin. Methods In 2015–2016, age at first onset of asthma symptoms was analyzed, defined retrospectively from a cross-sectional survey in 2008–2011, in relation to birthplace and U.S. residence among 15,573 U.S.-dwelling participants (aged 18–76 years) in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Results Cumulative incidence of asthma through age 30 years ranged from 7.9% among Mexican background individuals to 29.4% among those of Puerto Rican background. Among those born outside the U.S. mainland, the adjusted hazard for asthma was 1.52-fold higher (95% CI=1.25, 1.85) after relocation versus before relocation to the U.S. mainland, with heterogeneity in this association by Hispanic/Latino background ( p -interaction
ISSN:0749-3797
1873-2607
DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2016.12.018