Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Socioeconomic Status and Longitudinal Lung Function of Healthy Mexican Children. |
| Authors: |
Martínez-Briseño, David1, Fernández-Plata, Rosario1, Gochicoa-Rangel, Laura1, Torre-Bouscoulet, Luis1, Rojas-Martínez, Rosalba2, Mendoza-Alvarado, Laura2, García-Sancho, Cecilia1, Pérez-Padilla, Rogelio1 perezpad@gmail.com |
| Source: |
PLoS ONE. 9/17/2015, Vol. 10 Issue 9, p1-12. 12p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*PULMONARY function tests, *SOCIOECONOMIC factors, *CHILDREN'S health, *MEXICANS, *SPIROMETRY, *LONGITUDINAL method, *HEALTH |
| Abstract: |
Introduction: Our aim was to estimate the longitudinal effect of Socioeconomic status (SES) on lung function growth of Mexican children and adolescents. Materials and Methods: A cohort of Mexican children in third grade of primary school was followed with spirometry twice a year for 6 years through secondary school. Multilevel mixed-effects lineal models were fitted for the spirometric variables of 2,641 respiratory-healthy Mexican children. Monthly family income (in 2002 U.S. dollars [USD]) and parents’ years completed at school were used as proxies of SES. Results: Individuals with higher SES tended to have greater height for age, and smaller sitting height/standing height and crude lung function. For each 1-year increase of parents’ schooling, Forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1) and Forced vital capacity (FVC) increased 8.5 (0.4%) and 10.6 mL (0.4%), respectively (p <0.05) when models were adjusted for gender. Impact of education on lung function was reduced drastically or abolished on adjusting by anthropometric variables and ozone. Conclusions: Higher parental schooling and higher monthly family income were associated with higher lung function in healthy Mexican children, with the majority of the effect likely due to the increase in height-for-age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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