Affirmation of the question "Would you characterise your home as damp?" indicated a "damp housing condition".
In both East and West Germany, higher prevalence of airway symptoms was associated with a damp housing condition, and lower birth weight, reduced height and increased airway resistance at the age of six were associated with maternal smoking during pregnancy.
In both East and West Germany, higher prevalence of airway symptoms was associated with a damp housing condition, and lower birth weight, reduced height and airway resistance at the age of six were associated with maternal smoking during pregnancy.
Particularly, a damp housing condition was significantly and consistently associated with increased prevalence of airway symptoms in both parts of Germany, and, especially in East Germany, children living near a busy road showed airway symptoms more frequently.
Growing up in a markedly damp house showed a similar, but stronger association with phlegm only (RRR=2.05, 95% CI 1.07 to 3.91) and co-occurring phlegm and cough (RRR=2.73, 95% CI 1.88 to 3.99).
I had friends already here, staying in a damp, cold house.
Why did she live in a damp, dark house in Chelsea?
Monika, a student at Keele University, developed allergies while living in a damp, mouldy house with poor insulation and a slug-infested bathroom.
