Visible mould and blood inflammatory phenotypes of asthma in adults: the CONSTANCES cohort.
prospective_cohort · Level II
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Abstract
Studying the associations between indoor mould contamination and blood inflammatory phenotypes may provide further insight into the mechanisms by which this environmental factor affects asthma.Among 1870 adults with current asthma from a population-based cohort, 29.6% reported visible mould in the dwelling. Paucigranulocytic (reference category), neutrophilic, eosinophilic and mixed phenotypes accounted for 58.8%, 3.8%, 34.5% and 2.9%, respectively. Visible mould was consistently associated with eosinophilic phenotype (OR 1.30 (95% CI 1.04 to 1.63)) whatever the analyses, with no heterogeneity by sex.Our findings suggest that mould contamination may contribute to type 2 inflammation, offering mechanistic insight into the effect of mould on asthma in adults.