Abstract:Background: The reasons for the association between anxiety disorders and asthma are not fully established, and data from Africa is sparse. We investigated whether the association between anxiety disorders and asthma among adolescents may be partly related to shared exposures in early life.
Methods: We conducted a case-control study among adolescents (12-17 years) with and without asthma in Wakiso District, an urban area in Uganda. Anxiety disorders were diagnosed by the Youth Inventory-4R (YI-4R), a Diagnosti… Show more
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