The Shifting Prevalence of Asthma and Allergic Disease in United States Children

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• Alternative Title:
  Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol
• Personal Author:
  Pate, Cynthia A. ; Zahran, Hatice S. ; Malilay, Josephine ; Hsu, Joy
• Description:
  Background:
  
  Asthma is a chronic lung disease that affected 5 million children. Allergy is a common comorbidity of asthma. Having both conditions is associated with unfavorable health outcomes and impaired quality of life.
  
  Objective:
  
  Purpose of this study was to assess allergy and its association with asthma by select characteristics among children to determine differences by populations.
  
  Methods:
  
  National Health Interview Survey data (2007–2018) were used to assess asthma and allergy status, trends, the association between allergy and asthma by select characteristics among U.S. children (aged 0–17 years).
  
  Results:
  
  Prevalence of asthma decreased among all children (slope(−) p<0.001) and among those with allergy (slope(−) p=0.002). More children had respiratory allergy (14.7%), followed by skin allergy (12.7%) and food allergy (6.4%). Prevalence of respiratory allergy significantly decreased among White non-Hispanic children, food allergy increased among White non-Hispanic and Hispanic children, and skin allergy increased among Hispanic children.
  
  Conclusion:
  
  Trends in allergies across years differed by race and ethnicity. Strength of association between asthma and allergy differed by type and number of allergies, being highest among children having all three types of allergies. Having both asthma and allergy was associated with unfavorable asthma outcomes.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Asthma Child Food Hypersensitivity Humans Prevalence Quality Of Life Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Disparities Health Outcomes Pediatrics Respiratory Diseases Survey Research Trends
• Source:
  Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 129(4):481-489
• Pubmed ID:
  35842086
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9901425
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  united States
• Volume:
  129
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f8cc24b00371d87faed956c0e8dd80a259196e93f8a8da2e3281fbf78c885a0f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/124417/cdc_124417_DS1.pdf
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