Journal article
Domestic airborne pollutants and asthma and respiratory symptoms in middle age
Desiree Meszaros, John Burgess, E Haydn Walters, David Johns, James Markos, Graham Giles, John Hopper, Michael Abramson, Shyamali C Dharmage, Melanie Matheson
Respirology | WILEY-BLACKWELL | Published : 2014
DOI: 10.1111/resp.12245
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The role of indoor air pollution as a risk factor for asthma and respiratory symptoms in middle age is unclear. We investigated associations between indoor air pollution sources and (i) asthma phenotypes and (ii) asthma-related respiratory symptoms in middle-aged adults. METHODS: Subjects (n = 5729) who participated in the 2004 survey of the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study completed respiratory and home environment questionnaires. Associations between indoor air pollution sources, and asthma phenotypes and asthma-related respiratory symptoms were estimated. RESULTS: Recent mould in the home was associated with current asthma (odds ratio (OR) 1.26; 95% confidence..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Mrs Cathryn May, BApplSci, Victorian Cervical Cytology Registry, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, who was largely responsible for tracing participants for the follow up survey in 2004, and Dr Buddhini Ekanayake, MB.BS, Doutta Galla Community Health, Kensington, Victoria, Australia, who undertook some preliminary data analysis for this study. We also acknowledge and thank all previous investigators in the TAHS and gratefully acknowledge the continued support and participation of the original 1968 study cohort. The TAHS is supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the Victorian, Queensland and Tasmanian Asthma Foundations, the Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust, the Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation, and the University of Melbourne. Dr Melanie Matheson, Dr John Hopper and Dr Shyamali Dharmage are supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.