PREVALENCE OF POSITIVE SKIN PRICK TESTS, ALLERGIC-ASTHMA, AND RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS IN TEENAGERS IN NORTHERN SWEDEN

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作者
NORRMAN, E
ROSENHALL, L
NYSTROM, L
JONSSON, E
STJERNBERG, N
机构
[1] UNIV HOSP NO SWEDEN,DEPT EPIDEMIOL & HLTH CARE RES,UMEA,SWEDEN
[2] HUDDINGE UNIV HOSP,DEPT ALLERG & RESP DIS,HUDDINGE,SWEDEN
[3] NATL INST OCCUPAT HLTH,UMEA,SWEDEN
关键词
ALLERGIC RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SKIN PRICK TEST; TEENAGERS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1398-9995.1994.tb00779.x
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
The prevalence of positive skin prick tests (SPT) for common allergens and symptoms of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis or asthma was investigated in Ume (a) over circle in northern Sweden in 1987. Skin prick tests with 10 allergens common in Sweden and a questionnaire were used to examine 1112 teenagers. All subjects with a positive skin prick test or symptoms were interviewed, and they were further investigated by a serum specific IgE test, a ventilatory lung function test, and a physical examination. At least one skin prick test was positive in 43% of the subjects. Ninety-three percent had at least one positive skin prick test to one of the three most common allergens: cat, timothy grass, and birch. The prevalence of current allergic rhinoconjunctivitis was 17%, current allergic asthma 2.8%, and current asthma (both allergic and nonallergic) 6.8%. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that the most important risk factors for current asthma were sex (being a girl) and atopy. Heredity of asthma or rhinoconjunctivitis and being born in the winter (October-March) also increased the risk. In atopic subjects, having a mother who smoked and heredity of asthma increased the risk. For allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, heredity increased the risk of getting rhinoconjunctivitis.
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