Helen Meme, Evans Amukoye, Cressida Bowyer, Jeremiah Chakaya, Ruaraidh Dobson, Jonathan Fuld, Cindy M Gray, Richard Kiplimo, Maia Lesosky, Kevin Mortimer, Amos Ndombi, Angela Obasi, Fred Orina, Jennifer K Quint, Sean Semple, Sarah E West, Lindsey Zurba, Graham Devereux
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, the origins of asthma and high prevalence of abnormal lung function remain unclear. In high-income countries (HICs), associations between birth measurements and childhood asthma and lung function highlight the importance of antenatal and early life factors in the aetiology of asthma and abnormal lung function in children. We present here the first study in sub-Saharan Africa to relate birth characteristics to both childhood respiratory symptoms and lung function...
September 2023: BMJ Open Respiratory Research