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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Mpairwe H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6914334 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20191115
Data on asthma aetiology in Africa are scarce. We investigated the risk factors for asthma among schoolchildren (5-17 years) in urban Uganda. We conducted a case-control study, among 555 cases and 1115 controls. Asthma was diagnosed by study clinicians. The main risk factors for asthma were tertiary education for fathers (adjusted OR (95% CI); 2.32 (1.71-3.16)) and mothers (1.85 (1.38-2.48)); area of residence at birth, with children born in a small town or in the city having an increased asthma ...[more]