Finding F-0575

“No association could be found between the spore concentration in indoor air and asthma/allergy in the children.”

Culturable mold in indoor air and its association with moisturerelated problems and asthma and allergy among Swedish children (2010). Page 2. CKB 0475

Structure

Factor: Fungal spores
Outcome: Asthma
Population: children
Setting: child's bedroom, SE
Study design: nested case-control study within the Swedish DBH study in Värmland: 198 children with asthmatic and allergic symptoms and 202 healthy controls, culturable mould spores (CFU/m3, DG-18) sampled in the child's bedroom of 382 homes, moldy odour and dampness signs observed by inspectors and reported by parents, doctor-diagnosed asthma/allergy (class 4)
Sample: 382 homes
Caveat: endpoint is doctor-diagnosed asthma or allergy, filed under asthma; null result stated without a test statistic in the sentence

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