caa a22 4500 445367318 CHVBK 20180317142934.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00484-010-0353-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00484-010-0353-x Sunny hours and variations in the prevalence of asthma in schoolchildren according to the International Study of Asthma and Allergies (ISAAC) Phase III in Spain [Elektronische Daten] [Alberto Arnedo-Pena, Luis García-Marcos, Jorge Fernández-Espinar, Alberto Bercedo-Sanz, Ines Aguinaga-Ontoso, Carlos González-Díaz, Ignacio Carvajal-Urueña, Rosa Busquet-Monge, Maria Suárez-Varela, Nagore de Andoin, Juan Batlles-Garrido, Alfredo Blanco-Quirós, Angel Varela, Gloria García-Hernández] The objective of this study was to estimate the relationship between the prevalence of asthma in schoolchildren aged 6-7years and 13-14years and the mean annual sunny hours (MASH) in Spain, and to explore predictive models for asthma prevalence. The prevalence of asthma was obtained from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies (ISAAC) Phase III 2002-2003, and climate and socio-economic variables from official sources. Nine centres were studied and a further four centres, two of which are in ISAAC, to test the predictive models. Logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted prevalence rates of asthma for each centre, and multiple regression models to study the effects of MASH and other meteorological and socio-economic variables. The adjusted prevalence rate of asthma decreased 0.6% [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.4-0.8%] for the 6-7years group and 1.1% (95% CI 0.8-1.3%) for the 13-14years group with an increase in the MASH of 100h. Relative humidity was negatively associated with asthma in the older age group, and gross province product per capita (GPP) was positively associated with asthma in the younger age group. The predictive models, which included MASH, gender, relative humidity, and GPP, anticipated prevalence rates of asthma without significant differences between the levels observed and those expected in 9 of the11 measurements carried out. The results indicate that sunny hours have a protective effect on the prevalence of asthma in schoolchildren. ISB, 2010 Asthma nationallicence Schoolchildren nationallicence Climate nationallicence Sunny hours nationallicence Vitamin D nationallicence Arnedo-Pena Alberto Epidemiology Division, Centre of Public Health, C/ L'Olivera 5, 2-C, 12005, Castellón, Spain aut García-Marcos Luis Pediatric Respiratory and Allergy Units, "Arrixaca” University Children's Hospital, University of Murcia, and CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERSP), Murcia, Spain aut Fernández-Espinar Jorge "Perpetuo Socorro” Health Center, Huesca, Spain aut Bercedo-Sanz Alberto Buelna. Health Center. Los Corrales de Buelna, Cantabria, Spain aut Aguinaga-Ontoso Ines Department of Health Sciences, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain aut González-Díaz Carlos Department of Pediatrics, Basurto Hospital, Bilbao, Spain aut Carvajal-Urueña Ignacio "La Ería” Health Center, Health Service of the Principality of Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain aut Busquet-Monge Rosa Department of Pediatrics, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain aut Suárez-Varela Maria Public and Environmental Health Unit, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, and CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health, Valencia, Spain aut de Andoin Nagore Department of Pediatrics, "Donostia” Hospital, San Sebastián, Guipuzcoa, Spain aut Batlles-Garrido Juan Department of Pediatrics, "Torrecárdenas” Hospital, Almería, Spain aut Blanco-Quirós Alfredo Department of Pediatrics, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain aut Varela Angel María José Jove Foundation, La Coruña, Spain aut García-Hernández Gloria Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonology Unit, "12 de Octubre” University Children's Hospital, Madrid, Spain aut International Journal of Biometeorology Springer-Verlag 55/3(2011-05-01), 423-434 0020-7128 55:3<423 2011 55 484 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-010-0353-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-010-0353-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Arnedo-Pena Alberto Epidemiology Division, Centre of Public Health, C/ L'Olivera 5, 2-C, 12005, Castellón, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- García-Marcos Luis Pediatric Respiratory and Allergy Units, "Arrixaca” University Children's Hospital, University of Murcia, and CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERSP), Murcia, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fernández-Espinar Jorge "Perpetuo Socorro” Health Center, Huesca, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bercedo-Sanz Alberto Buelna. Health Center. Los Corrales de Buelna, Cantabria, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aguinaga-Ontoso Ines Department of Health Sciences, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- González-Díaz Carlos Department of Pediatrics, Basurto Hospital, Bilbao, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Carvajal-Urueña Ignacio "La Ería” Health Center, Health Service of the Principality of Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Busquet-Monge Rosa Department of Pediatrics, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Suárez-Varela Maria Public and Environmental Health Unit, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, and CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health, Valencia, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Andoin Nagore Department of Pediatrics, "Donostia” Hospital, San Sebastián, Guipuzcoa, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Batlles-Garrido Juan Department of Pediatrics, "Torrecárdenas” Hospital, Almería, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Blanco-Quirós Alfredo Department of Pediatrics, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Varela Angel María José Jove Foundation, La Coruña, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- García-Hernández Gloria Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonology Unit, "12 de Octubre” University Children's Hospital, Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Biometeorology Springer-Verlag 55/3(2011-05-01), 423-434 0020-7128 55:3<423 2011 55 484 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer