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Differential effect of damp housing on respiratory health in women.

Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
Journal of the American Medical Women's Association (1972) 02/2005; 60(1):46-51. pp.46-51
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT To investigate the effect of exposure to damp housing on respiratory symptoms in women and men.
We examined sex differences in the relationship between damp housing and respiratory symptoms in a cross-sectional survey of 1988 adults, 18 to 74 years of age, using a self-administered questionnaire. We used chi (2) and t-tests to test associations between potential risk factors and respiratory symptoms in men and women. We used multiple logistic regression modelling to determine adjusted odds ratios for several possible symptoms and home dampness. All multivariate analyses were stratified by sex.
Men had a significantly higher prevalence of chronic wheeze compared with women. The prevalence of chronic wheeze, wheeze with shortness of breath, and allergy were higher for women reporting damp housing compared with those not reporting damp housing. No significant associations between damp housing and respiratory symptoms were found in men.
These data raise the possibility that women may be more susceptible to the effects of damp housing than men are.

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Keywords

chi
 
chronic wheeze
 
cross-sectional survey
 
home dampness
 
Men
 
multiple logistic regression modelling
 
odds ratios
 
possible symptoms
 
potential risk factors
 
respiratory symptoms
 
self-administered questionnaire
 
sex differences
 
shortness
 
significant associations
 
t-tests
 
wheeze
 
women
 

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