Variability in childhood asthma and body mass index across northern plains American Indian communities

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 496-500

  Noonan, Curtis W ^a   Brown, Blakely D ^a   Bentley, Bonnie ^c   Conway, Kathrene ^a   Corcoran, Mary ^f   Fourstar, Kris ^e   Freide, Priscilla ^f   Hemlock, Bethany ^g   Wagner, Sharon ^d   Wilson, Todd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Little Big Horn College   (United States)

^c Fort Belknap Tribal Health Diabetes Prevention Program   (United States)

^d Blackfeet Community Hospital   (United States)

^e Fort Peck Tribal Health   (United States)

^f Rocky Boy Tribal Health   (United States)

^g Rocky Mountain Tribal Epi Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Native American; Northern Plains; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MONTANA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77953837877     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770901003759436     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. McDaniel M, Paxson C,Waldfogel J. Racial disparities in childhood asthma in the United States: evidence from the National Health Interview Survey, 1997 to 2003. Pediatrics 2006; 117:e868-e877.
2. Lara M, Akinbami L, Flores G, Morgenstern H. Heterogeneity of childhood asthma among Hispanic children: Puerto Rican children bear a disproportionate burden. Pediatrics 2006; 117:43-53.
3. Akinbami L. The state of childhood asthma, United States,1980-2005. Adv Data 2006; 381:1-24.
4. Brim SN, Rudd RA, Funk RH, Callahan DB. Asthma prevalence among US children in underrepresented minority populations: American Indian/ Alaska Native, Chinese, Filipino, and Asian Indian. Pediatrics 2008; 122:e217-e222.
5. Singleton RJ, Holman RC, Cobb N, Curns AT, Paisano EL. Asthma hospitalizations among American Indian and Alaska Native people and for the general US population. Chest 2006; 130:1554-1562.
6. Ogden CL, Kuczmarski RJ, Flegal KM, Mei Z, Guo S, Wei R, Grummer- Strawn LM,Curtin LR,Roche AF, Johnson CL.Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention 2000 growth charts for the United States: improvements to the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics version. Pediatrics 2002; 109:45-60.
7. Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Curtin LR, McDowell MA, Tabak CJ, Flegal KM. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, 1999-2004. JAMA 2006; 295:1549-1555.
8. American Diabetes Association. Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents. Pediatrics 2000; 105:671-680.
9. Cook S, Weitzman M, Auinger P, Nguyen M, Dietz WH. Prevalence of a metabolic syndrome phenotype in adolescents: findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2003; 157:821-827.
10. Cruz ML,Weigensberg MJ, Huang TT, Ball G, Shaibi GQ, Goran MI. The metabolic syndrome in overweight Hispanic youth and the role of insulin sensitivity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004; 89:108-113. (Pubitemid 38183868)
11. Shore SA. Obesity and asthma: possible mechanisms. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008; 121:1087-1093.
12. Zephier E, Himes J, Story M,XZ. Increasing prevalences of overweight and obesity in Northern Plains American Indian children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2006; 160:34-39.
13. Ogden CL, Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Johnson CL. Prevalence and trends in overweight among US children and adolescents, 1999-2000. JAMA 2002; 288:1728-1732.
14. Caballero B, Himes JH, Lohman T, Davis SM, Stevens J, Evans M, Going S, Pablo J. Body composition and overweight prevalence in 1704 schoolchildren from 7 American Indian communities.AmJ Clin Nutr 2003; 78:308-312.
15. Broussard BA, Sugarman JR, Bachman-Carter K, Booth K, Stephenson L, Strauss K, Gohdes D. Toward comprehensive obesity prevention programs in Native American communities. Obes Res 1995; 3(Suppl 2):289s-297s.
16. Eisenmann JC, Arnall DA,Kanuho V, McArel H. Growth status and obesity of Hopi children. Am J Hum Biol 2003; 15:741-745.
17. Loveland KM, Kessler AC, Helgerson SD, Harwell TS. Is there a disparity in the prevalence of asthma between American Indian and white adults? J Asthma 2008; 45:557-560.
18. Schumpert J, Noonan C, Sylvester J, Vanek D, Ward T, Holian A. Patterns of asthma symptoms and perceptions of harm from seasonal atmospheric events in rural western Montana. Int J Occup Environ Health 2006; 12:52-58.
19. Mark D, Roberts M. Low prevalence of asthma among American Indian youth in southeastern Montana. The IHS Primary Care Provider 2007; 32:366-370.
20. Hendrickson R, Bresette B, Bremer J. High frequency of asthma in Native American Children among the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe of northeast Montana. The IHS Primary Care Provider 2003; 28:38-39.
21. Kuczmarski R, Ogden C, Grummer-Strawn L, Flegal K, Guo S, Wei R, Mei Z, Curtin L, Roche A, Johnson C. CDC growth charts: United States. Advance data from Vital and Health Statistics. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2000.
22. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A SAS Program for the CDC Growth Charts. Atlanta, GA: CDC, 2007.
23. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Defining Childhood Overweight and Obesity. Atlanta, GA: CDC, 2009.
24. Krieger N. Counting accountably: implications of the new approaches to classifying race/ethnicity in the 2000 census. Am J Public Health 2000; 90:1687-1689.
25. Ford ES. The epidemiology of obesity and asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005; 115:897-909.
26. Litonjua AA, Gold DR. Asthma and obesity: common early-life influences in the inception of disease. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008; 121:1075-1084.
27. van Gent R, van der Ent CK, Rovers MM, Kimpen JL, van Essen-Zandvliet LE, de Meer G. Excessive body weight is associated with additional loss of quality of life in children with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007; 119:591-596.
28. Saint-Pierre P, Bourdin A, Chanez P, Daures JP, Godard P. Are overweight asthmatics more difficult to control? Allergy 2006; 61:79-84.
29. Lavoie KL, Bacon SL, Labrecque M, Cartier A, Ditto B. Higher BMI is associated with worse asthma control and quality of life but not asthma severity. Respir Med 2006; 100:648-657.
30. Anderson SE, Whitaker RC. Prevalence of obesity among US preschool children in different racial and ethnic groups. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2009; 163:344-348.
31. Eichner JE, Moore WE, Perveen G, Kobza CE, Abbott KE, Stephens AL. Overweight and obesity in an ethnically diverse rural school district: the Healthy Kids Project. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2008; 16:501-504.
32. Mannino DM, Moorman JE, Kingsley B, Rose D, Repace J. Health effects related to environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children in the United States: data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2001; 155:36-41.
33. Noonan CW, Ward TJ. Environmental tobacco smoke, woodstove heating and risk of asthma symptoms. J Asthma 2007; 44:735-738.
34. Gessner BD, Neeno T. Trends in asthma prevalence, hospitalization risk, and inhaled corticosteroid use among Alaska Native and non-Native Medicaid recipients younger than 20 years. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2005; 94:372-379.