Self-reported asthma among American Indian and Alaska Native people in Alaska.
J Health Care Poor Underserved
; 22(4): 1264-78, 2011 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-22080708
ABSTRACT
This study describes the lifetime prevalence of self-reported asthma among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people who participated in the Education and Research Towards Health (EARTH) study in Alaska. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of asthma prevalence by sex and its associations with sociodemographic, health, and environmental factors. Among 3,828 AI/AN adults, we found a higher age-sex adjusted prevalence of asthma (15.4%) than is found in the general U.S. adult (11.0%) population based on the 2006 National Health Interview Survey. After multivariable analysis, self-reported asthma among men was associated with increased age, unemployment, lower income, and obesity. Among women, self-reported asthma was associated with increased age, being divorced/separated, living in Alaska's southcentral region, self-reported fair/poor health status, obesity, and indoor mold. Our data suggest that AI/AN adults have higher prevalence of lifetime asthma than the general U.S. population. Further study is necessary to understand asthma in this population.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Asma
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Inuíte
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Indígenas Norte-Americanos
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article