Hallit Souheil, Assi Tarek Bou, Hallit Rabih, Salameh Pascale
a Faculty of Pharmacy , Lebanese University , Hadath , Lebanon.
b School of Pharmacy , Saint Joseph University , Beirut , Lebanon.
J Asthma. 2018 Jan;55(1):35-42. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2017.1306075. Epub 2017 Apr 27.
Smoking habits among university students in Lebanon are not clearly identified, and studies correlating these habits to asthma and allergic diseases are lacking. The primary objective of this study is to assess asthma and allergic diseases' predictors, particularly cigarette and/or waterpipe smoking and other environmental exposures, among university students. A second objective is to evaluate the potential role of these predictors as correlates of health-related self-assessment.
A cross-sectional study, using a proportionate cluster sample of 3000 Lebanese students in both public and private universities, was conducted between January 2015 and December 2015.
The number of smokers at home, living close to an electricity generator and exposure to sand and dust significantly increased the odds of having asthma or allergic diseases (p = 0.015; OR = 1.183; p = 0.01; OR = 2.062; p = 0.001; OR = 3.558 respectively). Having tried cigarette smoking and having an air conditioner inside the means of transportation would decrease the odds of having asthma or allergic diseases by around 68% and 56.1% respectively (p = 0.009; OR = 0.320; p = 0.01; OR = 0.439 respectively).
Although students with asthma or allergic diseases tended to avoid all identifiable atopic risk factors, lesser known environmental factors such as living close to an electricity generator, exposure to sand and dust, and exposure to car exhaust fumes were associated with a higher risk of asthma and a decrease in health related self-assessment. Students with asthma and allergic diseases smoked cigarettes and waterpipe at similar percentages, but cigarette smokers had a lower health related self-assessment.
黎巴嫩大学生的吸烟习惯尚不明确,且缺乏将这些习惯与哮喘及过敏性疾病相关联的研究。本研究的主要目的是评估大学生中哮喘和过敏性疾病的预测因素,尤其是吸烟和/或水烟吸食以及其他环境暴露因素。第二个目的是评估这些预测因素作为健康相关自我评估关联因素的潜在作用。
2015年1月至2015年12月期间,采用比例整群抽样法,对公立和私立大学的3000名黎巴嫩学生进行了横断面研究。
家中有吸烟者、居住在发电机附近以及接触沙尘显著增加了患哮喘或过敏性疾病的几率(p = 0.015;OR = 1.183;p = 0.01;OR = 2.062;p = 0.001;OR = 3.558)。尝试吸烟以及交通工具内装有空调会分别使患哮喘或过敏性疾病的几率降低约68%和56.1%(p = 0.009;OR = 0.320;p = 0.01;OR = 0.439)。
尽管患有哮喘或过敏性疾病的学生倾向于避免所有可识别的特应性风险因素,但一些鲜为人知的环境因素,如居住在发电机附近、接触沙尘和接触汽车尾气,与哮喘风险较高以及健康相关自我评估降低有关。患有哮喘和过敏性疾病的学生吸烟和吸水烟的比例相似,但吸烟者的健康相关自我评估较低。