Samuel Marshall, Stefan J Hanish, John Baumann, Andrew Groneck, Steven DeFroda
A standardised method for improving patient education material readability for orthopaedic trauma patients
Musculoskeletal care
asthma characterized airway inflammation bronchial airways particularly susceptible oxidantinduced tissue damage investigate effect dietary antioxidant intake environmental tobacco smoke ets risk childhood asthma according genotypes susceptible airway diseases crosssectional study included 1124 elementary school children aged 712 years old asthma symptoms smoking history measured using international study asthma allergies childhood isaac questionnaire intake vitamin including retinol carotene c e measured semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire ffq gstp1 polymorphisms genotyped peripheral blood samples ets significantly associated presence asthma symptoms adjusted odds ratio aor 248 95 confidence interval ci 129476 diagnosis aor 191 95 ci 119306 dietary antioxidant intake associated asthma symptoms although ets plus low vitamin intake showed significant positive association asthma diagnosis aor 223 95 ci 110454 children aa nucleotide 1695 gstp1 exposed ets low vitamin intake increased risk asthma diagnosis aor 444 95 ci1581252 compared children exposed two risk factors however ets exposure low vitamin intake significantly increase odds asthma diagnosis children ag gg genotypes low vitamin intake ets exposure may increase oxidative stress thereby risk childhood asthma relationships may modified gene susceptibility alleles gstp1