Asthma

New asthma study findings have been published by V. Guddattu and colleagues

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 28th, 2010

New research, 'Household and environment factors associated with asthma among Indian women: a multilevel approach,' is the subject of a report. "Asthma is a prevalent disease among adults in India. This study aims to find prevalence and risk factors for asthma among Indian women aged 15 to 49 based on Indian National Family Health Survey-3," investigators in Manipal, India report.

"Prevalence of asthma was reported per 1,000 women among individual-and household-level variables. Chi-square test was used as test of association. Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was used to find risk factors. Multilevel logistic regression was used to find risk factors adjusting for...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2010-06-28)

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