Determinants of early-life lung function in African infants.
Diane M GrayLauren WillemseAne VisagieDorottya CzövekPolite NduruAneesa VankerDan J SteinNastassja KoenPeter D SlyZoltán HantosGraham L HallHeather J ZarPublished in: Thorax (2016)
We identified several factors including infant size, sex, maternal smoking, maternal alcohol, maternal HIV and household benzene associated with altered early lung function, many of which are factors amenable to public health interventions. Long-term study of lung function and respiratory disease in these children is a priority to develop strategies to strengthen child health.
Keyphrases
- lung function
- early life
- cystic fibrosis
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- air pollution
- public health
- birth weight
- pregnancy outcomes
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- young adults
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- weight gain
- smoking cessation
- pregnant women
- hiv testing
- gestational age
- body mass index
- men who have sex with men
- alcohol consumption
- south africa
- preterm birth