Rachel L Miller, Holly Schuh, Aruna Chandran, Rima Habre, Jyoti Angal, Izzuddin M Aris, Judy L Aschner, Casper G Bendixsen, Jeffrey Blossom, Michelle Bosquet-Enlow, Carrie V Breton, Carlos A Camargo, Kecia N Carroll, Sarah Commodore, Lisa A Croen, Dana M Dabelea, Sean C L Deoni, Assiamira Ferrara, Rebecca C Fry, Jody M Ganiban, Sarah D Geiger, James E Gern, Frank D Gilliland, Semsa Gogcu, Diane R Gold, Marion E Hare, Robyn N Harte, Tina V Hartert, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Alison E Hipwell, Daniel J Jackson, Margaret K Karagas, Gurjit K Khurana Hershey, Haejin Kim, Augusto A Litonjua, Carmen J Marsit, Cynthia T McEvoy, Eneida A Mendonça, Paul E Moore, Anh P Nguyen, Flory L Nkoy, Thomas G O'Connor, Emily Oken, Dennis R Ownby, Matthew Perzanowski, Katherine Rivera-Spoljaric, Sheela Sathyanarayana, Anne Marie Singh, Joseph B Stanford, Annemarie Stroustrup, Nissa Towe-Goodman, Veronica A Wang, Tracey J Woodruff, Robert O Wright, Rosalind J Wright, Antonella Zanobetti, Edward M Zoratti, Christine C Johnson
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Abstract
Background: Environmental exposures and social determinants likely influence specific childhood asthma phenotypes.
Objective: We hypothesized that the Child Opportunity Index (COI) at birth, measuring multiple neighborhood opportunities, influences incidence rates (IRs) for asthma with recurrent exacerbations (ARE).
Methods: We tested for COI associations with ARE IRs in 15,877 children born between 1990 and 2018 in the ECHO (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes) program. Parent-reported race and ethnicity and other demographics were assessed as effect modifiers.
Results: The IRs of ARE for children born in very low COI neighborhoods was higher (IR = 10.98; 95% CI: 9.71, 12.25) than for other COI categories. Rates for non-Hispanic Black (NHB) children were significantly higher than non-Hispanic White children in every COI category. The ARE IRs for children born in very low COI neighborhoods were several-fold higher for NHB and Hispanic Black children (IR = 15.30; 95% CI: 13.10, 17.49; and IR = 18.48; 95% CI: 8.80, 28.15, respectively) when compared to White children. Adjusting for individual-level characteristics, children born in very low COI neighborhoods demonstrated an ARE IR ratio of 1.26 (95% CI: 0.99, 1.59) with a higher incidence of cases among children ages 2 to 4 years and with a parental history of asthma.
Conclusions: Rates of ARE were higher among children born in under-resourced communities, and this relationship is strongest for young minoritized children with a parental history of asthma. Higher rates for NHB even in the highest COI categories suggest that risk associated with race persists regardless of social disadvantage.
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