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Journal of Urban Health
Published in: Journal of Urban Health 2/2019

01-04-2019 | Bronchial Asthma

Individual and Neighborhood Factors Associated with Undiagnosed Asthma in a Large Cohort of Urban Adolescents

Authors: Jean-Marie Bruzzese, Sharon Kingston, Katherine A. Falletta, Emilie Bruzelius, Lusine Poghosyan

Published in: Journal of Urban Health | Issue 2/2019

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Abstract

Undiagnosed asthma adds to the burden of asthma and is an especially significant public health concern among urban adolescents. While much is known about individual-level demographic and neighborhood-level factors that characterize those with diagnosed asthma, limited data exist regarding these factors and undiagnosed asthma. This observational study evaluated associations between undiagnosed asthma and individual and neighborhood factors among a large cohort of urban adolescents. We analyzed data from 10,295 New York City adolescents who reported on asthma symptoms and diagnosis; a subset (n = 6220) provided addresses that we were able to geocode into US Census tracts. Multivariable regression models estimated associations between undiagnosed asthma status and individual-level variables. Hierarchical linear modeling estimated associations between undiagnosed asthma status and neighborhood-level variables. Undiagnosed asthma prevalence was 20.2%. Females had higher odds of being undiagnosed (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.25; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.13–1.37). Compared to White, non-Hispanic adolescents, Asian-Americans had higher risk of being undiagnosed (AOR = 1.41; 95% CI = 1.01–1.95); Latinos (AOR = 0.67; 95% CI = 0.45–0.83); and African-Americans/Blacks (AOR = 0.66; 95% CI = 0.52–0.87) had lower risk; Latinos and African-Americans/Blacks did not differ significantly. Living in a neighborhood with a lower concentration of Latinos relative to White non-Latinos was associated with lower risk of being undiagnosed (AOR = 0.66; CI = 0.43–0.95). Living in a neighborhood with health care provider shortages was associated with lower risk of being undiagnosed (AOR = 0.80; 95% CI =0.69–0.93). Public health campaigns to educate adolescents and their caregivers about undiagnosed asthma, as well as education for health care providers to screen adolescent patients for asthma, are warranted.
Footnotes
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Results available from the corresponding author upon request.
 
2
Results of models controlling for asthma severity are available from the corresponding author upon request.
 
3
AOR and CI from model with Latino as the reference group.
 
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Metadata
Title
Individual and Neighborhood Factors Associated with Undiagnosed Asthma in a Large Cohort of Urban Adolescents
Authors
Jean-Marie Bruzzese
Sharon Kingston
Katherine A. Falletta
Emilie Bruzelius
Lusine Poghosyan
Publication date
01-04-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Urban Health / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 1099-3460
Electronic ISSN: 1468-2869
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-018-00340-2

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