A systematic review on the development of asthma and allergic diseases in relation to international immigration: the leading role of the environment confirmed

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  • dc.contributor.author Cabieses, Báltica
  • dc.contributor.author Uphoff, Eleonora P.
  • dc.contributor.author Pinart, Mariona
  • dc.contributor.author Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria
  • dc.contributor.author Wright, John
  • dc.date.accessioned 2023-06-06T06:24:01Z
  • dc.date.available 2023-06-06T06:24:01Z
  • dc.date.issued 2014
  • dc.description.abstract The prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases is rising worldwide. Evidence on potential causal pathways of asthma and allergies is growing, but findings have been contradictory, particularly on the interplay between allergic diseases and understudied social determinants of health like migration status. This review aimed at providing evidence for the association between migration status and asthma and allergies, and to explore the mechanisms between migration status and the development of asthma and allergies. Systematic review on asthma and allergies and immigration status in accordance with the guidelines set by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. The pooled odds ratio (OR) of the prevalence of asthma in immigrants compared to the host population was 0.60 (95% CI 0.45–0.84), and the pooled OR for allergies was 1.01 (95% CI 0.62–1.69). The pooled OR for the prevalence of asthma in first generation versus second generation immigrants was 0.37 (95% CI 0.25–0.58). Comparisons between populations in their countries of origin and those that emigrated vary depending on their level of development; more developed countries show higher rates of asthma and allergies. Our findings suggest a strong influence of the environment on the development of asthma and allergic diseases throughout the life course. The prevalence of asthma is generally higher in second generation than first generation immigrants. With length of residence in the host country the prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases increases steadily. These findings are consistent across study populations, host countries, and children as well as adults. Differences have been found to be significant when tested in a linear model, as well as when comparing between early and later age of migration, and between shorter and longer time of residence.
  • dc.description.sponsorship This review was funded by the MeDALL project and the NIHR Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) for Yorkshire and Humberside. MeDALL is a collaborative project funded by the Health Cooperation Work Programme of the 7th Framework programme (grant agreement No. 261357). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health. No funding bodies had any role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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  • dc.identifier.citation Cabieses B, Uphoff E, Pinart M, Antó JM, Wright J. A systematic review on the development of asthma and allergic diseases in relation to international immigration: the leading role of the environment confirmed. PLoS ONE. 2014 Aug 20;9(8):e105347. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105347
  • dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105347
  • dc.identifier.issn 1932-6203
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/57066
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
  • dc.relation.ispartof PLoS ONE. 2014 Aug 20;9(8):e105347
  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/261357
  • dc.rights © 2014 Cabieses et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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  • dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  • dc.subject.other Asma
  • dc.subject.other Al·lèrgia respiratòria
  • dc.subject.other Aparell respiratori -- Malalties
  • dc.title A systematic review on the development of asthma and allergic diseases in relation to international immigration: the leading role of the environment confirmed
  • dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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