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Laurie J Orell1, Elizabeth D Ferucci, Anne P Lanier
1Southcentral Foundation. ljorell@anthc.org
Abstract:
This study describes the lifetime prevalence of self-reported asthma among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people who participated in the Education and Research Towards Health (EARTH) study in Alaska. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of asthma prevalence by sex and its associations with sociodemographic, health, and environmental factors. Among 3,828 AI/AN adults, we found a higher age-sex adjusted prevalence of asthma (15.4%) than is found in the general U.S. adult (11.0%) population based on the 2006 National Health Interview Survey. After multivariable analysis, self-reported asthma among men was associated with increased age, unemployment, lower income, and obesity. Among women, self-reported asthma was associated with increased age, being divorced/separated, living in Alaska's southcentral region, self-reported fair/poor health status, obesity, and indoor mold. Our data suggest that AI/AN adults have higher prevalence of lifetime asthma than the general U.S. population. Further study is necessary to understand asthma in this population.
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