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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
Within a cohort of 846 inner-city asthmatic children aged 4 to 9 yr, we looked for subgroups that were more susceptible to the effects of summer ozone. Daily diaries were compared with ambient ozone levels to evaluate effect modification by demographic and environmental characteristics. Children born > 3 wk prematurely or weighing < 5.5 lb. had greater declines in morning % peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) (1.8% versus 0.3% per 15 ppb ozone, p < 0.05) and a higher incidence of morning symptoms (odds ratio = 1.42 versus 1.09 per 15 ppb ozone, p < 0.05) than did children who had been full-term infants of normal birthweight. Among children who had been of low birthweight (LBW) or had been premature infants, greater declines were seen among those whose reported baseline medication category was "no medication" (3.2% decline) or "steroids" (2.7%) as opposed to beta agonists or xanthines (0.8%) or cromolyn without steroids (0. 1%). Among the children who had been normal birthweight and full-term infants, the cromolyn without steroids group had the greatest declines in %PEFR (1.3%, versus < 0.5% in each of the other three groups). Nonatopic children also had greater responses to ozone. We conclude that among an asthmatic cohort, children who had had an LBW or a premature birth showed the greatest responses to ozone.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1073-449X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
162
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1838-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Air Pollutants, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Allergens, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Asthma, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Birth Weight, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Hypersensitivity, Immediate, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Odds Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Oxidants, Photochemical, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Ozone, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Peak Expiratory Flow Rate, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Residence Characteristics, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Skin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:11069823-Urban Health
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of ozone on inner-city children with asthma: identification of susceptible subgroups.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Multicenter Study