Epidemiology of Asthma and Influence of Ethnicity Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractAsthma is a heterogeneous disorder with a complex etiology. Prevalence rates for asthma have been increasing in many countries over the past few decades. While it is unclear why this increase is occurring, the variation reported in asthma prevalence and severity associated with ethnicity offers some insight into the determinants of asthma. In this chapter, we discuss the data linking asthma to ethnicity and some of the factors that may explain this association. These include socioeconomic status, environmental exposures, the host microbiome, and genetics. A better understanding of these processes may inform future mechanistic studies and identify modifiable risk factors for targeted health care interventions.

authors

• Moraes, Theo
• Sears, Malcolm
• Subbarao, Padmaja

status

• published 

publication date

• February 2018

has subject area

• 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology (FoR)
• Asthma (MeSH)
• Environmental Exposure (MeSH)
• Ethnicity (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Hygiene Hypothesis (MeSH)
• Microbiota (MeSH)
• Pharmacogenomic Variants (MeSH)
• Respiratory System (Science Metrix)
• Risk Factors (MeSH)
• Social Class (MeSH)

published in

• Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine  Journal

keywords

• Asthma
• Environmental Exposure
• Ethnicity
• Humans
• Hygiene Hypothesis
• Microbiota
• Pharmacogenomic Variants
• Risk Factors
• Social Class

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1055/s-0037-1618568

PubMed ID

• 29427980

start page

• 003

end page

• 011

volume

• 39

issue

• 01