Impact of Multivariate Risk Factors on Children’s Health in Ekaterinburg: A Cross-Sectional Study
Journal Title: Journal of Environmental and Social Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: The study was undertaken to assess the multifactorial environment impact on human health in large industrial city. Our objective was to look for the risk factors complex that has the greatest impact on the prevalence of diseases. Methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was performed with a representative sample of 441 preschool-aged children. Classification Tree method was used as the main research method. Results: Our study showed that the complex of ecological risk factors (air pollution, drinking water pollution, a gas stove in the apartment, etc.) increases the prevalence of diseases of the respiratory system and behavioral disorders from 2.5 to 4 times coupled with the socialeconomic risk factors. Conclusions: This study shows that such factors as atmospheric pollution, gas-stove in apartment, parent smoking and mother’s low educational attainment increase the prevalence of diseases even in terms of univariate approach. The authors have identified also risk factors sets having a maximum negative influence on the prevalence diseases.
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Ekaterina Konstantinova
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