Anxiety disorders and asthma among adolescents in Uganda: role of early-life exposures.


Journal

ERJ open research
ISSN: 2312-0541
Titre abrégé: ERJ Open Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101671641

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Apr 2021
Historique:
received: 13 10 2020
accepted: 05 03 2021
entrez: 26 4 2021
pubmed: 27 4 2021
medline: 27 4 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The reasons for the positive association between anxiety disorders and asthma are unknown. We investigated the possible role of shared exposures in early life. We conducted a case-control study among adolescents (age 12-17 years) with and without asthma in urban Uganda, as part of a larger asthma case-control study. Anxiety disorders were diagnosed by psychiatric clinical officers. We focused on generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder and social anxiety disorder. Asthma was doctor-diagnosed by study clinicians. We used questionnaires to collect data on early-life exposures. The data were analysed using multiple logistic regression. We enrolled 162 adolescents; 73 of them had asthma. Adolescents with asthma were more likely to have any of the three anxiety disorders studied (46.6%) than adolescents without asthma (21.4%) (adjusted OR (aOR) 2.68, 95% CI 1.30-5.53). The association was strong for GAD (aOR 4.49, 95% CI 1.48-13.56) and panic disorder (aOR 5.43, 95% CI 2.11-14.02), but not for social anxiety disorder. The early-life risk factors associated with anxiety disorders among adolescents were similar to asthma risk factors previously published, including urban residence at birth (aOR 3.42, 95% CI 1.29-9.09) and during most of the first 5 years of life (aOR 2.87, 95% CI 1.07-7.66), father's tertiary education (aOR 2.09, 95% CI 1.00-4.37), and adolescent's history of other allergy-related diseases (aOR 4.64, 95% CI 1.66-13.00). We confirm a positive association between anxiety disorders and asthma among adolescents in urban Uganda. The early-life risk factors associated with anxiety disorders among adolescents were similar to those for asthma in the same age group, suggesting shared underlying environmental exposures.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33898614
doi: 10.1183/23120541.00749-2020
pii: 00749-2020
pmc: PMC8053906
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 102512
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 095778
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MR/L004623/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MC_UP_1204/10
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 205069/Z/16/Z
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MC_UU_00027/5
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MR/R010161/1
Pays : United Kingdom

Informations de copyright

Copyright ©The authors 2021. This version is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence 4.0.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of interest: H. Mpairwe has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R.S. Mpango has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: W. Sembajjwe has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E.L. Webb has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A.M. Elliott has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: N. Pearce has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E. Kinyanda has nothing to disclose.

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Auteurs

Harriet Mpairwe (H)

Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Richard Stephen Mpango (RS)

Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda.

Wilber Sembajjwe (W)

Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda.

Emily L Webb (EL)

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Alison M Elliott (AM)

Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Neil Pearce (N)

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Eugene Kinyanda (E)

Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda.

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