Finding · as stated by the study, recorded by Coridum · status verified-machine

Finding F-1674

“The presence of mould in the houses was inversely associated with poorly controlled asthma (OR = 0.54; 95% CI 0.34; 0.87).”

A Community Study of Factors Related to Poorly Controlled Asthma among Brazilian Urban Children (2012). PloS one. Page 1. CKB 2234

Structure

Factor
Mould
Outcome
Asthma
Setting
home
Study design
community study of children with asthma: the control of the asthma related to eczema, rhinitis and to the housing and environmental factors of the household (class 4)
Effect
OR 0.54 (0.34–0.87)
Flags
source-inconsistent
Caveat
an inverse association, which runs against the usual direction and which the study does not explain; the outcome is poorly controlled asthma among children who already have asthma

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