Akinniyi, Oluwakemi A., MPH

Amelor, Sedoafia, MPH

Desai, Keya Dushyant, MPH

Elias, Jocelyn K., MPH

Kennedy, Maureen, DrPH

Patel, Ankita, MPH

Reddy, Sandeep Krishna, MPH

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Touro Scholar Annual SHSP Student Research and Scholarship Day 7th Annual Student Research and Scholarship Day Apr 1st, 12:00 AM Prevalence and Trends of Asthma in United States (US) Adults, 2005-2016: A National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Study Oluwakemi A. Akinniyi MPH New York Medical College School of Health Sciences and Practice, Kemia.Akinniyi@gmail.com Sedoafia Amelor MPH New York Medical College School of Health Sciences and Practice, Sedo210@gmail.com Keya Dushyant Desai MPH New York Medical College School of Health Sciences and Practice, Keya2092@gmail.com Jocelyn K. Elias MPH New York Medical College School of Health Sciences and Practice, Jocelyn.Elias.95@gmail.com Ankita Patel MPH New York Medical College School of Health Sciences and Practice, DrAnkitaPatel18@gmail.com See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://touroscholar.touro.edu/shspstudentresearchday  Part of the Clinical Epidemiology Commons, Community Health and Preventive Medicine Commons, Environmental Public Health Commons, Epidemiology Commons, and the Other Public Health Commons Akinniyi, Oluwakemi A. MPH; Amelor, Sedoafia MPH; Desai, Keya Dushyant MPH; Elias, Jocelyn K. MPH; Patel, Ankita MPH; Reddy, Sandeep Krishna MPH; and Kennedy, Maureen DrPH, "Prevalence and Trends of Asthma in United States (US) Adults, 2005-2016: A National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Study" (2020). Annual SHSP Student Research and Scholarship Day. 1. https://touroscholar.touro.edu/shspstudentresearchday/2020/epidemiology/1 This Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Events at Touro Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Annual SHSP Student Research and Scholarship Day by an authorized administrator of Touro Scholar. . For more information, please contact touro.scholar@touro.edu. Presenter Information Oluwakemi A. Akinniyi MPH, Sedoafia Amelor MPH, Keya Dushyant Desai MPH, Jocelyn K. Elias MPH, Ankita Patel MPH, Sandeep Krishna Reddy MPH, and Maureen Kennedy DrPH This event is available at Touro Scholar: https://touroscholar.touro.edu/shspstudentresearchday/2020/epidemiology/1 Title: Prevalence and Trends of Asthma in United States (US) Adults,  2005–2016: A National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Study  Authors: Oluwakemi Akinniyi, Sedoafia Amelor, Keya Dushyant Desai, Jocelyn Elias, Ankita Patel, Sandeep Reddy Advisor: Dr. Maureen Kennedy, DrPH Department and School of Primary Authors: Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences and Practice  Background/Objectives: Asthma is a debilitating chronic airway disease for which there is no cure. As of 2017 it was estimated that approximately 19.2 million adults or 7.7% of the total US adult population were diagnosed with this condition. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of asthma among US adults, investigate potential risk factors, and identify health disparities.  Methods: This study included 32,798 participants who were ≥ 20 years old, informed by a doctor they had asthma and had the disease at the time of the survey. Weighted percent prevalence and trend analyses were estimated utilizing NHANES cross-sectional data from 2005 to 2016. A predictive model was developed to identify potential risk factors using multivariate survey logistic regression. Analyses were performed with SAS v9.4.  Results: The overall unadjusted prevalence of asthma was 8.3%. Statistically significant increases in the prevalence of asthma from 2005-2016 were found for: females (9.8% to 12.0%); those of age 20 – 39 years (7.4% to 9.7%) and ≥ 60 years (7.4% to 9.8%); Mexican Americans (3.7% to 4.6%); Non-Hispanic Whites (8.5% to 9.9%); those of middle socio-economic status (7.8% to 9.2%) and adults with a BMI < 25 (6.3% to 8.3%). Conclusions: From 2005-2016 the overall unadjusted prevalence of asthma increased significantly from 8.1% to 9.1%. The probability of having asthma was increased for those who were female, of low SES, obese, had COPD, had a close relative with asthma, and were depressed. Early detection, improving treatments, and increasing public health interventions can effectively decrease the prevalence of asthma.    

Prevalence and Trends of Asthma in United States (US) Adults, 2005-2016: A National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Study

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