03 - Predictive Factors of Persistent Wheezing in Preschool Children

Abstract

RESULTS 40 patients: boys=24 ; girls=16  Sex Ratio=1.5  Mean period of follow= 36 months  20 patients  persistent wheezers  20 patients transient wheezers  Epidemiology  Familial allergy  History of asthma  Socio-economic conditions and environment in persistant wheezers  bad socio-economic conditions n= 8 / p=0.97  Maternal smoking n=3 / p=0.63  Paternal smoking n=11 / p=0.89  Humidity n=13 / p=0.29