Risk Factors for Recurrent Respiratory Infections in Preschool Children in China

ZOU  Yan; LI Hai-feng; JIN Pei-gang; JIN Hong-xing

Innovative Journal of Pediatrics

The Scientific Journal of Growth & Development Research Center

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Risk Factors for Recurrent Respiratory Infections in Preschool Children in China

Author(s):

ZOU Yan^1,*,

LI Hai-feng²,

JIN Pei-gang³,

JIN Hong-xing⁴

Innovative Journal of Pediatrics:Vol. 24, issue 1; 14-22

Published online:Sep 18, 2013

Article type:Research Article

Received:Feb 01, 2012

Accepted:Oct 30, 2012

How to Cite:Yan Z, Hai-feng L, Pei-gang J, Hong-xing J, Risk Factors for Recurrent Respiratory Infections in Preschool Children in China.Inn J Pediatr.2013;24(1):14-22.

Abstract

Objective: To identify and compare risk factors for recurrent respiratory infections in preschool children between resident and floating population in Yiwu, China. Methods: Investigations was conducted in resident and floating population in Yiwu city, Zhejiang province. A structured questionnaire was used to collect information on influence factors. Univariate and multivariate analyses were carried out using the Binary logistic regression. Findings: The study was conducted in Yiwu from June 2009 to September 2010. We recruited 844 participantsï¼resident population 639ï¼75.7%ï¼ and floating population 205ï¼24.3%ï¼ who were preschool children. Multivariate analysis showed that Childbearing age (OR=0.93, 95%CI: 0.88-0.99), Asthma (OR=3.20, 95%CI: 1.60-6.45), Rickets (OR=5.30, 95%CI: 1.99-14.09), Food preference (OR=1.57, 95%CI: 1.02-2.43), Snack (OR=1.50, 95%CI: 1.07-2.07) were the influence factors for recurrent respiratory infections in resident preschool children. Infant feeding (OR=2.24, 95%CI: 1.31-3.81), Snack (OR=2.06, 95%CI: 1.07-3.98,), Trip mode (OR=2.77, 95%CI: 1.11-6.94) were the influence factors for recurrent respiratory infections in floating preschool children. Conclusion: Public health measures against risk factors should be taken to protect against recurrent respiratory infections in resident and floating preschool children respectively.

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Recurrent Respiratory Infection

Risk Factor

Child

Floating Population

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