TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of air pollution on asthma-related hospital admissions for children by socioeconomic status associated with area of residence
AU - Lee, Jong Tae
AU - Son, Ji Young
AU - Kim, Ho
AU - Kim, Sun Young
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Korean Ministry of Environment as “The Eco-technopia 21 Project.” Requests for reprints should be sent to Dr Jong-Tae Lee, Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Hanyang University, Hanyang University, Haengdang-dong 17, Seongdong-Gu, Seoul, Korea 133-791. E-mail: jlee@hanyang.ac.kr
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The authors evaluated whether the effects of air pollution on asthma in children differed by the regional socioeconomic status (SES) associated with the area in which children resided. They analyzed data on air pollution, asthma-related hospitalization, weather conditions, and SES collected from 25 subregions in Seoul from January 1 to December 31, 2002. The National Health Insurance Cooperation provided data for children aged younger than 15 years who were living in Seoul and hospitalized for asthma-related health conditions (ICD-10 codes J45-J46). Exposure to interquartile range increase of airborne particles ≤ 10 μm in aerodynamic diameter, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide in districts associated with a lower SES, the estimated percent increase of hospitalization for asthma among children was 31% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 14%-51%), 29% (95% CI = 8%-53%), and 29% (95% CI = 5%-58%), respectively. This suggests that not only biological sensitivity markers, but also the SES of subjects, should be considered as potentially confounding factors.
AB - The authors evaluated whether the effects of air pollution on asthma in children differed by the regional socioeconomic status (SES) associated with the area in which children resided. They analyzed data on air pollution, asthma-related hospitalization, weather conditions, and SES collected from 25 subregions in Seoul from January 1 to December 31, 2002. The National Health Insurance Cooperation provided data for children aged younger than 15 years who were living in Seoul and hospitalized for asthma-related health conditions (ICD-10 codes J45-J46). Exposure to interquartile range increase of airborne particles ≤ 10 μm in aerodynamic diameter, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide in districts associated with a lower SES, the estimated percent increase of hospitalization for asthma among children was 31% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 14%-51%), 29% (95% CI = 8%-53%), and 29% (95% CI = 5%-58%), respectively. This suggests that not only biological sensitivity markers, but also the SES of subjects, should be considered as potentially confounding factors.
KW - Air pollution
KW - Asthma
KW - Children
KW - Epidemiology
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U2 - 10.3200/AEOH.61.3.123-130
DO - 10.3200/AEOH.61.3.123-130
M3 - Article
C2 - 17672354
AN - SCOPUS:34547650776
VL - 61
SP - 123
EP - 130
JO - Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
JF - Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
SN - 1933-8244
IS - 3
ER -
