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Journal of Current Pediatric Research | Volume: 23
March 14-15, 2019 | London, UK
International Conference on
Pediatrics & Neonatal Healthcare
Background:
Evidence linking prenatal exposure to outdoor air
pollution with allergic disease in early childhood is scare, and
the role of components of air pollution and exposure timing
remains unclear.
Objectives:
We investigated the association between maternal
exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and the prevalence
of allergic diseases in preschool children.
Methods:
We conducted a prospective cohort study of 2598
children aged 3–6 years in Changsha, China. The prevalence
of allergic diseases was assessed by a standardized health
questionnaire administered by the parents. Individual exposures
to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and particulate
matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 10μm (PM10) during
pregnancy and different trimesters were estimated by an inverse
distance weighted (IDW) method based on concentrations
measuredatmonitoringstations.Associationbetweenchildhood
allergic diseases and maternal exposure to air pollution was
examined by logistic regression models in terms of odds ratio
(OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for an interquartile range
(IQR) increase in exposure.
Conclusion:
Our findings indicates that childhood allergy
is associated with maternal exposure to traffic-related air
pollutant during pregnancy, which support the hypothesis that
fetal origins of childhood allergy.
Speaker Biography
Qihong Deng has completed his PhD from Hunan University, China. He is now a
distinguished professor of Central South University, China. He has over 100 publications
that have been cited over 500 times, and his publication H-index is 20. He has been
serving as editorial board members of several reputed journals and the president of
international conference Healthy Buildings 2019 Asia.
e:
qhdeng@csu.edu.cnQihong Deng
Central South University, China
Prenatal exposure to air pollution and childhood allergy
Qihong Deng
, Curr Pediatr Res, Volume 23
DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C1-010