The impact of urbanization and wealth on house dust mite sensitization in children from north-central Nigeria
Abstract The impact of socio-economic status on the risk of allergy in African children is not clear. This was a cross sectional study including children aged 6–14 years from urban and rural settings in north-central Nigeria. Participants underwent skin prick tests to house dust mite (HDM) and an in...
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| author | Chiara Zuiani Michele Arigliani Ramatu Zubair Livingstone Gayus Dogara Luigi Castriotta Ashel Dache Sunday Reward Christopher Audu Habibah Dadan-Garba Zakary Sani Baba Inusa Paola Cogo |
| author_facet | Chiara Zuiani Michele Arigliani Ramatu Zubair Livingstone Gayus Dogara Luigi Castriotta Ashel Dache Sunday Reward Christopher Audu Habibah Dadan-Garba Zakary Sani Baba Inusa Paola Cogo |
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| description | Abstract The impact of socio-economic status on the risk of allergy in African children is not clear. This was a cross sectional study including children aged 6–14 years from urban and rural settings in north-central Nigeria. Participants underwent skin prick tests to house dust mite (HDM) and an interview investigating socio-economic status through the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) based on a score of 0–6. A total of 346 children were enrolled (52.8% boys; mean age ± SD 9.6 ± 2.0 years), including 142 (41% of total) rural and 204 (59% of total) urban pupils. Prevalence of HDM sensitivity was 2.8% (4/142) in the rural setting and 15.6% (32/204) in the urban setting (P < 0.001). Among urban children, frequency of HDM sensitization was 8.6% (7/81) in the lowest socio-economic group (FAS 0–1), 13.1% (8/61) in the intermediate one (FAS 2–3) and 27.4% (17/62) in the highest one (FAS ≥ 4). Urbanization and increasing wealth are associated with a higher frequency of sensitization to HDM in Nigerian children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fed7ef6703374399bfe766540b47ebb52022-12-22T02:15:09ZengBMCItalian Journal of Pediatrics1824-72882022-08-014811410.1186/s13052-022-01348-wThe impact of urbanization and wealth on house dust mite sensitization in children from north-central NigeriaChiara Zuiani0Michele Arigliani1Ramatu Zubair2Livingstone Gayus Dogara3Luigi Castriotta4Ashel Dache Sunday5Reward Christopher Audu6Habibah Dadan-Garba7Zakary Sani8Baba Inusa9Paola Cogo10Department of Medicine, Unit of Pediatrics, University Hospital of UdineDepartment of Medicine, Unit of Pediatrics, University Hospital of UdineDepartment of Pediatrics, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna State UniversityDepartment of Hematology, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna State UniversityInstitute of Hygiene and Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital of UdineDepartment of Pediatrics, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna State UniversityDepartment of Pediatrics, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna State UniversityDepartment of Pediatrics, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna State UniversityDepartment of Pediatrics, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna State UniversityPaediatric Haematology, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’, National Health Service Foundation TrustDepartment of Medicine, Unit of Pediatrics, University Hospital of UdineAbstract The impact of socio-economic status on the risk of allergy in African children is not clear. This was a cross sectional study including children aged 6–14 years from urban and rural settings in north-central Nigeria. Participants underwent skin prick tests to house dust mite (HDM) and an interview investigating socio-economic status through the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) based on a score of 0–6. A total of 346 children were enrolled (52.8% boys; mean age ± SD 9.6 ± 2.0 years), including 142 (41% of total) rural and 204 (59% of total) urban pupils. Prevalence of HDM sensitivity was 2.8% (4/142) in the rural setting and 15.6% (32/204) in the urban setting (P < 0.001). Among urban children, frequency of HDM sensitization was 8.6% (7/81) in the lowest socio-economic group (FAS 0–1), 13.1% (8/61) in the intermediate one (FAS 2–3) and 27.4% (17/62) in the highest one (FAS ≥ 4). Urbanization and increasing wealth are associated with a higher frequency of sensitization to HDM in Nigerian children.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-022-01348-wAllergyChildrenHouse dust miteEpidemiology |
| spellingShingle | Chiara Zuiani Michele Arigliani Ramatu Zubair Livingstone Gayus Dogara Luigi Castriotta Ashel Dache Sunday Reward Christopher Audu Habibah Dadan-Garba Zakary Sani Baba Inusa Paola Cogo The impact of urbanization and wealth on house dust mite sensitization in children from north-central Nigeria Italian Journal of Pediatrics Allergy Children House dust mite Epidemiology |
| title | The impact of urbanization and wealth on house dust mite sensitization in children from north-central Nigeria |
| title_full | The impact of urbanization and wealth on house dust mite sensitization in children from north-central Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | The impact of urbanization and wealth on house dust mite sensitization in children from north-central Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of urbanization and wealth on house dust mite sensitization in children from north-central Nigeria |
| title_short | The impact of urbanization and wealth on house dust mite sensitization in children from north-central Nigeria |
| title_sort | impact of urbanization and wealth on house dust mite sensitization in children from north central nigeria |
| topic | Allergy Children House dust mite Epidemiology |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-022-01348-w |
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