Open AccessInfluence of Childhood Exposure to a Farming Environment on Age at Asthma Diagnosis in a Population-Based Study
Author(s) -
Heidi Andersén,
Pinja Ilmarinen,
Jasmin Honkamäki,
Leena E. Tuomisto,
Hanna HisingerMölkänen,
Helena Bäckman,
Bo Lundbäck,
Eva Rönmark,
Lauri Lehtimäki,
Anssi Sovijärvi,
Päivi Piirilä,
Hannu Kankaanranta
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of asthma and allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.162
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-6965
DOI - 10.2147/jaa.s323504
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , odds ratio , odds , pediatrics , population , allergy , demography , environmental health , logistic regression , immunology , sociology
Asthma is a heterogeneous disease, and factors associated with different asthma phenotypes are poorly understood. Given the higher prevalence of farming exposure and late diagnosis of asthma in more rural Western Finland as compared with the capital of Helsinki, we investigated the relationship between childhood farming environment and age at asthma diagnosis.