Publication: Heterogeneity of daily pulmonary function in response to air pollution among asthmatic children
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2004-12-01
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01251562
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Mahidol University
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Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.35, No.4 (2004), 990-998
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Wichai Aekplakorn, Dana Loomis, Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan, Shrikant Bangdiwala Heterogeneity of daily pulmonary function in response to air pollution among asthmatic children. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.35, No.4 (2004), 990-998. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/21480
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Heterogeneity of daily pulmonary function in response to air pollution among asthmatic children
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Several epidemiological studies have demonstrated the association of short-term exposure to air pollution with transient declines in pulmonary function. Although the magnitudes of declines in pulmonary function found in these studies are relatively small, the effects vary among children. This study examined whether the variation is evidence of biological heterogeneity or due to random variation by analyzing data from a panel study of 83 asthmatic school children exposed to SO2 and PM10 in the Mae Moh district of Thailand. Daily pulmonary function testing was performed on the children for 61 days. General linear mixed models were used to examine and test for the null hypothesis of no variation in the subject-specific slopes of pulmonary functions in response to the air pollutants. The individual daily pulmonary functions measured were FVC, FEV1, PEFR, and FEF25-75%. These were used as an outcome to compare with air pollutant concentrations as random effects, adjusting for height, gender, time, and temperature. The results indicate evidence of inter-individual variation for subject-specific changes in FVC, FEV1, and PEFR due to the effects of SO2 and PM 10 on children. In conclusion, even at low concentrations of daily SO2 and PM10 in the study area, there is evidence of a heterogeneous response to short-term exposure to SO2 and PM 10 in children.