Asthma Risk Factors WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Asthma Risk Factors
There are several factors that may increase the risk of developing asthma. Gender, race, genetics, allergies, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection at an early age are factors that cannot be controlled. Risk factors that can be controlled include smoking, obesity, and exposure to secondhand smoke, dust mites, and cockroaches.1
Fast Facts:
- In childhood, asthma occurs more often in boys than girls; by early adulthood the ratio of occurrence is about equal among the sexes.2
- About 40% to 50% of children with eczema or atopic dermatitis also develop asthma.2
- According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a child who has a parent with asthma is three to six times more likely to develop the disease than a child who does not have a parent with asthma.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Healthwise (via Revolution Health): Asthma In Children - What Increases Your Risk
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 WebMD: Do You Know the Risk Factors For Asthma?
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- Contributor: Catherine Kowalski
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 21, 2009
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- Contributor: Catherine Kowalski
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Risk Factors for Asthma, What are the risk factors for asthma, What increases the risk of asthma, What increases the risk of developing asthma
- Last update: Nov. 21, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
