[PDF] Top 20 Prevalence of asthma symptoms and smoking behavior among 20 44 years old adults in Tehran: A telephone survey

... by asthma, and this number is ris- ing [2]. Increasing prevalence and morbidity and mortal- ity related to bronchial asthma in the last decades, causes worldwide concern ...pollution, smoking ... See full document

... of asthma in UAE is of interest, as we detected a substantial number of female asthmatics, and an absence of the expected male:female ratio of asthma incidence, to be reverted after adoles- ...in ... See full document

... this survey, we tried to assess the frequency and other aspects of asthma symptoms among studied clusters of population in Tehran who were between 20 to 44 years ... See full document

... Respiratory symptoms were measured by three variables. In response to the question “How often do you cough up mucus or phlegm?”, we defined the presence of a frequent phlegm-producing cough as a response of ... See full document

... cough symptoms, which are cough without cold or flu, dry cough at night and cough during physical activity, have significant associations with ETS exposure, and odds ratios of each symptom were more than three ... See full document

... Likely asthma was defined as the presence of four positive responses from six key questions in the respiratory ques- tionnaire: wheeze, woken by cough, woken by chest tight- ness, woken by shortness of breath (all ... See full document

... But prevalence of smoking is very low in Iranian female ...lower prevalence of smoking among Iranian ...the prevalence of smoking among Urmia medical students was ... See full document

... 110. Hepburn MJ, Johnson JM, Ward JA, Longfield JN. A survey of smoking cessation knowledge, training, and practice among U.S. Army general medical officers. Am J Prev Med 2000; 18: 300–04. 111. ... See full document

... of asthma) and asthma prevalence. To find out why prevalence of asthma differs in different areas, its related risk factors must be ...in prevalence of asthma and its ... See full document

... We applied the same lung function protocol to all patients with suspected asthma, including baseline spirometry with a bronchodilation test and 2 weeks of peak expiratory flow follow-up with morning and evening ... See full document

... Lifetime prevalence of cigarette smoking was 35%, while 13% of students currently used other tobacco ...ban smoking from public places. Among current smokers, 69% intended (without attempt) to ... See full document

... to survey the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in over 460,000 children aged 13-14 years from 155 centres in 56 countries worldwide showed that the prevalence varies from ...mean ... See full document

... Data analyses were conducted using commercially available statistical software, SAS 9.2 (SAS Inc., Cary, NC, USA). The demographic variables were sex, age, educational background, region, and marriage, using baseline ... See full document

... Adult-onset asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are major public health ...adult-onset asthma and COPD are complex diseases arising from gene–environment ...maternal smoking and ... See full document

... mainly among Whites in Europe and North America, have shown that alcohol consumption has a dual effect on mortality, resulting in a U-shaped overall mortality curve, with lifetime non-drinkers and heavy drinkers ... See full document

... to survey the adult population liv- ing in both ...the survey were interviewed by teams of research ...consenting adults 20 years and above, while the exclusion criteria were refusal to ... See full document

... in the recovery of oxidative stress and in fl ammatory response. Oxidative stress is known to be involved in meta- bolic diseases, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic syndrome. 29,30 Pihl et al 30 ... See full document

... time. Smoking is greatly associated with reduction of pulmonary ...in adults aged e” 40 years with smoking history. Smoking is often related to obstructive disorders, as indicated by ... See full document

... particulate matter (PM) is emitted as a product of incomplete combustion. The median aerodynamic diameter of particles emitted from combustion is typically well below 2.5 µm, the particle size below which the majority of ... See full document

... 2007 20 announced that socioeconomic differences between asthmatics and non-asthmatics were none striking. Children of 1 st and 2 nd birth orders, high socioeconomic status, and small family size will receive day ... See full document