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Respiratory effects associated with wood fuel use : A cross-sectional biomarker study among adolescents.

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Van Miert, Erik [] Sardella, Antonia [] Nickmilder, Marc [] Bernard, Alfred []

The use of wood as heating and cooking fuel can result in elevated levels of indoor air pollution, but to what extent this is related to respiratory diseases and allergies is still inconclusive. Here, we report a cross-sectional study among 744 school adolescents (median age 15 years) using as main outcomes respiratory symptoms and diseases, exhaled nitric oxide, total and aeroallergen-specific IgE in serum, and two epithelial biomarkers in nasal lavage fluid (NALF) or serum, that is, Clara cell protein (CC16) and surfactant-associated protein D (SPD). Information about the wood fuel use and potential confounders was collected via a personal interview of the adolescent and a questionnaire filled out by the parents. Two approaches were used to limit the possible influence of confounders, that is, multivariate analysis using the complete study population or pairwise analysis of matched sub-populations obtained using an automated procedure. Wood fuel use was associated with a decrease of CC16 and an increase of SPD in serum, which resulted in a decreased serum CC16/SPD ratio (median -9%, P = 0.001). No consistent differences were observed for the biomarkers measured in exhaled breath or NALF. Wood fuel use was also associated with increased odds for asthma [odds ratio (OR) 2.2, 95% CI: 1.1-4.4, P = 0.02], hay fever (OR = 2.4, 95% CI: 1.4-4.3, P = 0.002), and sensitization against pollen allergens (OR = 2.1, 95% CI: 1.3-3.4, P = 0.002). The risks of respiratory tract infections, self-reported symptoms, and sensitization against house-dust mite were not increased by wood fuel use. The increased risks of asthma, hay fever and aeroallergen sensitization, and the changes of lung-specific biomarkers consistently pointed towards respiratory effects associated with the use of wood fuel. Pediatr Pulmonol. © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Journal Article
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2011
Language Anglais
Journal information "Pediatric pulmonology" - (2011)
issn 8755-6863
Publication status Accepté/Sous presse
Affiliation UCL - SSS/IREC/LTAP - Louvain Centre for Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
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Bibliographic reference Van Miert, Erik ; Sardella, Antonia ; Nickmilder, Marc ; Bernard, Alfred. Respiratory effects associated with wood fuel use : A cross-sectional biomarker study among adolescents.. In: Pediatric pulmonology, (2011)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/88335