Medical Xpress October 28, 2025
Social determinants of health (SDoH) are independent risk factors for asthma, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in the Journal of Asthma.
Feng Yang, Ph.D., from Baotou Medical College in China, and colleagues analyzed 39,340 participants, including 5,645 with asthma and 33,695 without, to examine the link between SDoH and asthma, using data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Machine learning models that combined demographic, clinical, and SDoH variables were assessed using area under the curve (AUC).
The researchers found a 5.5% increase in asthma risk per SDoH index unit in unadjusted models (odds ratio, 1.055), which...
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