Parental occupation is a risk factor for childhood wheeze and asthma

Tagiyeva, Nara; Devereux, Graham; Semple, Sean; Sherriff, Andrea; Henderson, John; Elias, Peter; Ayres, Jonathan Geoffrey

doi:10.1183/09031936.00050009

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“…Moreover, the results of some studies have indicated that early exposure to pesticides up to the age of 4 years is the most relevant time window of exposure [30,31]. It was also shown that contact of the children in the first year of life with a mother who was herself in contact with pesticides in the case of occupational and/or residential exposure was likely to increase the likelihood of wheezing and childhood asthma [39,42], non-infectious cough in children aged 5-6 years [36], and wheezing in children under 18 years of age [43].…”

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“…High levels of maternal occupational exposure to biocides and fungicides after birth increased the likelihood of wheezing (OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.02-2.05) and childhood asthma at 7.5 years (OR 1.47, 95% CI 1.14-1.88). This exposure, combined with an exposure to latex, increased the likelihood of wheezing during childhood (OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.03-1.43) and asthma at 7.5 years (OR 1 47, 95% CI 1.14-1.47) [42].…”

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Environmental exposure to pesticides and respiratory health

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Respiratory effects of environmental exposure to pesticides are debated. Here we aimed to review epidemiological studies published up until 2013, using the PubMed database. 20 studies dealing with respiratory health and non-occupational pesticide exposure were identified, 14 carried out on children and six on adults.In four out of nine studies in children with biological measurements, mothers' dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) blood levels during pregnancy were associated with asthma and wheezing in young children. An association was also found between permethrin in indoor air during pregnancy and wheezing in children. A significant association between asthma and DDE measured in children's blood (aged 7-10 years) was observed in one study. However, in three studies, no association was found between asthma or respiratory infections in children and pesticide levels in breast milk and/or infant blood. Lastly, in three out of four studies where post-natal pesticide exposure of children was assessed by parental questionnaire an association with respiratory symptoms was found. Results of the fewer studies on pesticide environmental exposure and respiratory health of adults were much less conclusive: indeed, the associations observed were weak and often not significant.In conclusion, further studies are needed to confirm whether there is a respiratory risk associated with environmental exposure to pesticides. @ERSpublications Occupational pesticide exposure increases respiratory health risk but data are unclear for environmental exposures http://ow.ly/PSGvz

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“…Several factors have been proposed to contribute to the increasing incidence of asthma and AD [eg, maternal smoking (9), alcohol consumption (10), eating habits (11,12), obesity (13), and work environment (14,15)]. Also maternal stress has been suggested to interfere with fetal immune development (16,17).…”

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Exposure to psychosocial job strain during pregnancy and odds of asthma and atopic dermatitis among 7-year old children – a prospective cohort study

Larsen¹,

Schlünssen²,

Christensen³

et al. 2014

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Exposure to psychosocial job strain during pregnancy and odds of asthma and atopic dermatitis among 7-year old children -a prospective cohort study by Larsen AD, Schlünssen V, Christensen BH, Bonde JP, Obel C, Thulstrup AM, Hannerz H, Hougaard KS Literature suggests a relationship between maternal stress exposure and risk of asthma and atopic dermatitis (AD) among children; so far no studies have focused on maternal job strain. Based on the prospective Danish National Birth Cohort, results show: maternal exposure to high strain jobs was associated with AD, whereas active jobs were associated with asthma among 7-year old children. Affiliation 639Original article Scand J Work Environ Health. 2014;40(6):639-648. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3452 Exposure to psychosocial job strain during pregnancy and odds of asthma and atopic dermatitis among 7-year old children -a prospective cohort study Objectives Few epidemiological studies have studied maternal stress exposure during pregnancy and odds of asthma and atopic dermatitis (AD) among offspring, and none have extended the focus to psychosocial job strain. The aim of this study was to assess the association between maternal job strain during pregnancy and asthma as well as AD among 7-year-old children. MethodsThe study is based on the Danish National Birth Cohort and includes prospective data from 32 104 pregnancies. Job strain was assessed early in pregnancy by use of two questions on demands and control. We categorized participants into four job strain categories: low strain (low demands, high control), active (high demands, high control), passive (low demands, low control), and high strain (high demands, low control). Information on asthma and AD until age seven was collected using maternal self-report. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) adjusted for several covariates.Results Maternal exposure to self-reported high strain during pregnancy was associated with 15% higher odds of atopic dermatitis among 7-year-old children (OR adj 1.15, 95% CI 1.02-1.31). Furthermore, an association between the active jobs and asthma among 7-year-old children was found (OR adj 1.13, 95% CI 1.03-1.24). ConclusionMaternal exposure to high strain and active jobs during pregnancy was associated with asthma and atopic dermatitis among 7-year-old children.

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“…In the automatic mode, the code with the highest score was automatically accepted. This coding strategy has been shown to have 91% agreement with manually coded occupations [20].…”

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Occupational airborne exposure in relation to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and lung function in individuals without childhood wheezing illness: A 50-year cohort study

Tagiyeva

Sadhra

Mohammed

et al. 2017

Environmental Research

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Background: Evidence from longitudinal population-based studies relating occupational exposure to the full range of different forms of airborne pollutants and lung function and airway obstruction is limited.Objective: To relate self-reported COPD and lung function impairment to occupational exposure to different forms of airborne chemical pollutants in individuals who did not have childhood wheeze.Methods: A prospective cohort study was randomly selected in 1964 at age 10-15 years and followed up in 1989, 1995, 2001 and 2014 (aged 58-64) by spirometry and respiratory questionnaire. Occupational histories were recorded in 2014 and occupational exposures assigned using an airborne chemical job exposure matrix. The risk of COPD and lung function impairment was analyzed in subjects, who did not have childhood wheeze, using logistic and linear regression and linear mixed effects models.Results: 237 subjects without childhood wheeze (mean age 60.6 years, 47% male) were analyzed.There was no association between any respiratory outcomes and exposure to gases, fibers, mists or mineral dusts and no consistent associations with exposure to fumes. Reduced FEV1 was associated with longer duration (years) of exposure to any of the six main pollutant forms -vapors, gases, dusts, fumes, fibers and mists (VGDFFiM) with evidence of a dose-response relationship (p-trend=0.004). Exposure to biological dusts was associated with self-reported COPD and [-17.38, -0.84] respectively). Exposure to vapors was associated with self-reported COPD and FEV1

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Parental occupation is a risk factor for childhood wheeze and asthma

Cited by 45 publications

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Environmental exposure to pesticides and respiratory health

Environmental exposure to pesticides and respiratory health

Exposure to psychosocial job strain during pregnancy and odds of asthma and atopic dermatitis among 7-year old children – a prospective cohort study

Occupational airborne exposure in relation to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and lung function in individuals without childhood wheezing illness: A 50-year cohort study

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