The impact of urbanization and wealth on house dust mite sensitization in children from north-central Nigeria.
Allergy
Children
Epidemiology
House dust mite
Journal
Italian journal of pediatrics
ISSN: 1824-7288
Titre abrégé: Ital J Pediatr
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101510759
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
19 Aug 2022
19 Aug 2022
Historique:
received:
21
04
2021
accepted:
12
08
2022
entrez:
19
8
2022
pubmed:
20
8
2022
medline:
24
8
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The impact of socio-economic status on the risk of allergy in African children is not clear.This was a cross sectional study including children aged 6-14 years from urban and rural settings in north-central Nigeria. Participants underwent skin prick tests to house dust mite (HDM) and an interview investigating socio-economic status through the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) based on a score of 0-6.A total of 346 children were enrolled (52.8% boys; mean age ± SD 9.6 ± 2.0 years), including 142 (41% of total) rural and 204 (59% of total) urban pupils. Prevalence of HDM sensitivity was 2.8% (4/142) in the rural setting and 15.6% (32/204) in the urban setting (P < 0.001). Among urban children, frequency of HDM sensitization was 8.6% (7/81) in the lowest socio-economic group (FAS 0-1), 13.1% (8/61) in the intermediate one (FAS 2-3) and 27.4% (17/62) in the highest one (FAS ≥ 4).Urbanization and increasing wealth are associated with a higher frequency of sensitization to HDM in Nigerian children.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35986417
doi: 10.1186/s13052-022-01348-w
pii: 10.1186/s13052-022-01348-w
pmc: PMC9392306
doi:
Substances chimiques
Allergens
0
Dust
0
Types de publication
Letter
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
151Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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