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1. Environmental noise and asthma in children: sex-specific differences.

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Bockelbrink A, Willich SN, Dirzus I, Reich A, Lau S, Wahn U, and Keil T

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Asthma etiology, Child, Cohort Studies, Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic, Female, Humans, Male, Prevalence, Sex Factors, Stress, Psychological complications, Time Factors, Asthma epidemiology, Environmental Exposure adverse effects, Noise adverse effects
Abstract

Objective: There is evidence that stress increases the risk of asthma. Chronic noise exposure is known to act as an unspecific stressor, but little is known about its effect on the risk of asthma in children. The aim of this study was to compare subjectively reported noise annoyance in 12-year-old asthmatic and non-asthmatic children with special regard to sex-specific differences., Subjects and Methods: In a German multi-center birth cohort study we assessed the annoyance by different sources of environmental noise, doctor-diagnosed asthma, and potential confounders by questionnaire. The comparisons between asthmatic and non-asthmatic children were stratified by sex., Results: A total of 336 boys and 316 girls were included in the analysis. Prevalence of doctor-diagnosed asthma was 13% in boys and 5% in girls; 73% of the boys and 74% of the girls reported at least some degree of noise annoyance during the day and night time. In girls, asthma was associated with a significantly increased total noise annoyance at night (adjusted odds ratio aOR 1.5, 95%CI 1.1;2.1), for noise within the home/apartment (aOR 3.5, 95%CI 1.5;8.0), and in or around the house (aOR 3.3, 95%CI 1.7;6.3). No statistical significant effects were seen in boys., Conclusions: Noise annoyance, particularly at night or caused by domestic sources, is associated with increased asthma prevalence in girls but not boys. Further research is needed to identify underlying mechanisms of these sex-specific differences.

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2008
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2. Use of a common food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to assess dietary patterns and their relation to allergy and asthma in Europe: Pilot study of the GA2LEN FFQ

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Garcia Larsen, Vanessa, Luczynska, Marta, Luczynzka, Marta, Kowalski, Marek L, Voutilainen, Helena, Alhstrom, Matti, Haahtela, Tari, Toskala-Hannikainen, Elina, Bockelbrink, Angelina, Lee, Hae-Hyuk, Vassilopoulou, Emilia, Papadopoulos, Nikolaos, Ramalho, Renata, Moreira, Andre, Delgado, Luis, Castel-Branco, Maria, Calder, Philip C, Childs, Caroline E, Bakolis, Ioannis, Hooper, Richard, Burney, Peter G, Department of Dermatology, and Helsinki University Hospital-Skin and Allergy Hospital

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Adult, Male, Allergy, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, 030309 nutrition & dietetics, Medicine (miscellaneous), Pilot Projects, Nutrient intake, FFQ, Diet Surveys, GA2LEN, fatty acids, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, Environmental health, Fatty Acids, Omega-3, Validation, Hypersensitivity, Vitamin D and neurology, Humans, Medicine, Network of excellence, 030212 general & internal medicine, Phospholipids, Asthma, 2. Zero hunger, 0303 health sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics, business.industry, Retinol, Food frequency questionnaire, Middle Aged, asthma, Micronutrient, medicine.disease, allergy, 3. Good health, Surgery, Diet, Europe, Nutrition Assessment, chemistry, Female, business
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Comparable international data on food and nutrient intake is often hindered by the lack of a common instrument to assess food intake. The objective of this study was within the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network of Excellence (GA(2)LEN), we developed and piloted a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to assess its validity in Europe. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Five countries participating in GA(2)LEN took part in the pilot study. A total of 200 adults aged 31-75 years were invited to complete a FFQ in two occasions and to give a blood sample. The intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to assess repeatability of the FFQ. Plasma phospholipid fatty acids (FAs) were analysed by gas chromatography. Pearson correlation was used to analyse the correlation between estimated dietary FA intake and plasma phospholipid FA levels. RESULTS: A total of 177 participants (89%) had complete data on FFQ(1) and plasma phospholipid FAs. In all, 152 participants (76%) completed both FFQs. ICCs between macronutrients ranged from 0.70 (saturated FAs) to 0.78 (proteins) and between 0.70 (retinol) and 0.81 (vitamin D) for micronutrients. Dietary n-3 FAs showed a good correlation with total plasma phospholipid n-3 FAs and with docosahexaenoic acid in the whole sample (0.40) and in individual countries. Poor correlations were observed for other FAs. CONCLUSIONS: The GA(2)LEN FFQ is an appropriate tool to estimate dietary intake for a range of nutrients across Europe regardless of cultural and linguistic differences. The FFQ seems to be useful to estimate the intake of n-3 FAs but not other FAs.

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2011
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