Epidemiology of allergic rhinitis in children in grassland of Inner mongolia

Objective: To investigate the self-reported prevalence, clinical characteristics, complications of allergic rhinitis (AR) and the sensitization of outdoor air pollen allergens in children in the Inner mongolia grassland region. Methods: A multistage, stratified and random clustered sampling with a face-to-face interview survey study in children from 0 to 17 years old was performed together with 10 common allergen skin prick tests (SPT) and measurements of the daily pollen count in 6 regions in the Inner mongolia grassland region from May to August of 2015. SAS 9.4 software was used for data analysis. Results: A total of 2 443 subjects completed the study. The self-reported prevalence of AR was 26.6%. The prevalence of boys was higher than that of girls (28.8% vs 24.3%, χ(2)=6.157, P<0.05). Subjects from urban areas showed higher prevalence than rural areas (34.7% vs 18.8%, χ(2)=79.107, P<0.05). There was significant regional difference in the prevalence of AR among the six areas investigated (χ(2)=221.416, P<0.05). The main clinical symptoms of AR were sneezing (88.2%) and nasal congestion (78.6%). Among combined diseases, asthma accounted for 16.5% (107/650), rhinoconjunctivitis accounted for 47.9% (311/650). The peak season of AR was April and July, with the top SPT positive allergens of Artemisia species and chenopodium in this area. Conclusions: The prevalence AR in children in the Inner mongolia grassland region is extremely high. Sneezing is the main clinical symptom. Rhinoconjunctivitis is the most common combined disease. High summer and autumn pollen exposure is the main cause of AR.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

Zhonghua er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery - 54(2019), 8 vom: 07. Aug., Seite 571-575

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ma, T T [VerfasserIn]
Zhuang, Y [VerfasserIn]
Shi, H Y [VerfasserIn]
Ning, H Y [VerfasserIn]
Guo, M Y [VerfasserIn]
He, H [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Z X [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, T J [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Y F [VerfasserIn]
Lei, T [VerfasserIn]
Siqin, Q B T [VerfasserIn]
Yan, W J [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, F F [VerfasserIn]
Bao, X Z [VerfasserIn]
Shan, G L [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, B [VerfasserIn]
Yin, J S [VerfasserIn]
Wang, X Y [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Children
Clinic symptom
Journal Article
Pollen
Prevalence
Rhinitis, allergic

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Date Completed 15.10.2019

Date Revised 15.10.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2019.08.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300442114