1. Prevalence of and factors associated with adult-onset asthma in different ethnic groups: The HELIUS study.
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Aarab R, Vijverberg SJH, Prins M, Snijder MB, van Ree R, Fokkens WJ, Zwinderman AH, Bel EHD, and Maitland van der Zee AH
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- Adult, Asian People ethnology, Asthma epidemiology, Cross-Sectional Studies, Ethnicity, Female, Ghana ethnology, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Morocco ethnology, Netherlands epidemiology, Netherlands ethnology, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Smoking epidemiology, Suriname ethnology, Turkey ethnology, Age of Onset, Asthma diagnosis, Asthma ethnology, Smoking adverse effects
- Abstract
Little is known about adult-onset asthma in different ethnic groups. The aim of this study was to examine ethnic differences in the prevalence of adult-onset asthma and factors associated with this phenotype. Cross-sectional data of 23,356 participants of the HELIUS study were used, including Dutch, South-Asian Surinamese, African Surinamese, Moroccan, Turkish and Ghanaian origin participants. Adult-onset asthma was defined as: self-reported asthma symptoms or start of asthma-medication at age ≥18 years combined with a smoking history <10 pack years. The prevalence of adult-onset asthma and its association with potential risk factors were assessed by logistic regression analyses. The adjusted prevalence of adult-onset asthma was higher in the Turkish, Moroccan and South-Asian Surinamese groups (4.9-6.0%) compared to the Dutch, Ghanaian and African Surinamese origin groups (2.4-2.6%). In addition to ethnicity, age, female sex, BMI, and doctors' diagnosis of nasal allergy/hay fever and chronic sinusitis/polyps were independently associated with adult-onset asthma. There are significant differences in the adjusted prevalence of adult-onset asthma among six ethnic groups., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2019
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