Prevalence of Allergic Diseases among Korean School-age Children: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study

Suh, Mina; Kim, Ho; Sohn, Myung Hyun; Kim, Kyu Earn; Kim, Chang-Soo; Shin, Dong Chun

doi:10.3346/jkms.2011.26.3.332

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“…In South Korea (hereafter Korea), same methodological studies were conducted in 1995 [6], and 2000 [7]. Following the study in 2000, an additional epidemiological survey was conducted on a nationwide scale in 2010 [8][9][10]. According to the results of the Korean study, although the prevalence of asthma remained constant, the prevalence of allergic conjunctivitis and atopic dermatitis showed increasing trends, and the prevalence of allergic diseases was high when compared with global prevalence [10].…”

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Prevalence of Allergic Disease in Korean Adults: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2010–2012)

Im¹,

Yang²,

Choi³

et al. 2017

Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg

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Objectives: To investigate trends in the prevalence of allergic disease over a 9-year period.Methods: Using National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) data, the annual number of patients with allergic disease was obtained for each regional subdivisions (small cities, counties, and districts) from 2003 to 2011. Annual populations for each sub-region were obtained and used to calculate the standardized prevalence. To compare prevalence within the study period, data was standardized spatially and temporally. For standardization, demographic data was used to obtain the registered population and demographic structure for 2010, which was used to perform direct standardization of previous years. In addition, a geographic information system (GIS) was used to visualize prevalence for individual sub-regions, and allergic diseases were categorized into five groups according to prevalence. Results:The nationwide outpatient prevalence of allergic rhinitis increased approximately 2.3-fold, from 1.27% in 2003 to 2.97% in 2013, while inpatient prevalence also increased approximately 2.4-fold,. The outpatient prevalence of asthma increased 1.2-fold, and inpatient prevalence increased 1.3-fold. The outpatient prevalence of atopic dermatitis decreased approximately 12%, and inpatient prevalence decreased 5%. Conclusions:There was a large difference between prevalence estimated from actual treatment data and prevalence based on patients' self-reported data, particularly for allergic rhinitis. Prevalence must continually be calculated and trends should be analyzed for the efficient management of allergic diseases. To this end, prevalence studies using NHIS claims data may be useful.

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Prevalence of Allergic Disease in Korean Adults: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2010–2012)

Im¹,

Yang²,

Choi³

et al. 2017

Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg

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“…In a study by Suh M et al, (23) the difference in prevelance of allergic diseases among industrial and non-industrial area was not statistically significant. Mortimer K et al (24) reported that air pollution does not increase the risk of Atopy but it exacerbates symptoms in already sensitized people.…”

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A Study of Allergic Sensitization to Eight Common Allergens in Pediatric Patients With Nasobronchial Allergy

Tikkas¹,

Dave²,

Choudhary³

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This observational study was done in Department of Pediatrics to see the sensitization pattern among 128 allergic children clinically identified. Eight common Allergens were selected for Skin Prick Testing (SPT). Results were analysed and correlated with other clinical factors. Overall, SPT positivity to one or more Allergen was found in 85.71% of study population. All common Allergen in decreasing order of proportion of sensitivity were cockroach(61.71%), house dust (58.59%), holoptelea (52.34%), prosposis (52.34%), parthenium (47.65%), A. fumigates (48.43%), A. alternate (42.96%), A. niger (38.28%). It was also found that 111 (86.7%) patients had positive response to atleast 1 Allergen and poly-sensitization was more common, observed in 78.9% patients. As Burlingtonent clinical score increase from <8 to >8, there is increase in SPT positivity with different Allergens, but there is no rational trend between higher scores (8-12, 13-20 and >20) and SPT positivity. Group of patients, who shows seasonal variation of symptoms, family history of Allergy and residing in industrial areas etc, also showed variable SPT sensitization pattern. KEYWORDS: Skin prick test, sensitization, Allergens, Pediatric patients. INTRODUCTION:The concept of Allergy was introduced by Clemens von pirquet in 1906. (1) Kimishige (2) and co-workers were the first to isolate and describe IgE in 1960 that was the major breakthrough in the understanding the mechanism of Allergy. Philip gell and coombs, (3) designed the scheme of four type of hypersensitivity reaction known as type I to type IV. (4) The word Allergy was restricted to type I hypersensitivity. Asthma and Allergic conditions such as Allergic rhinitis are major public health problems, prevalence is 10-30% in different geographical areas, according to the world Allergy organization report. (5) In our country 20-30% of population suffers from Allergic rhinitis (6) and about 1/3 of them suffer from Bronchial Asthma. There are numbers of Allergen groups, that may cause Allergic symptoms, like pollen grains fungal spores, insect debris, house dust mites, animal dander, chemicals, and foods etc. (6)(7)(8)(9) Among these pollen grains and fungal spores are the most important Allergens in the air. (8-10) Allergic disorders are diagnosed by number of tests including skin Allergy testing and serum Allergy testing which is bioassay that detect presence of Allergen specific IgE on patients' blood/ mast cells. (2) Allergy skin testing can be percutaneous (Scratch, puncture or prick technique) and intradermal technique. [11,12] Skin Prick Testing technique have good sensitivity and specificity [13] to find out common Allergen in Pediatric patients. Common Allergens for children are house dust, cockroach, parthenium, holoptelea, prosposis, aspergillus fumigates, apergillus niger, alternaria alternate. (6)(7)(8)(9) In our study we tried to find out the correlation between clinical suspicion of Allergy and Allergy skin prick testing (SPT), as well as direct correlation between increasing sy...

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“…Furthermore, at 26 -29 years of age (11%, 9.7%, 7.2%, 9%), there appeared to be a slight increase (p=0.0372). Youth defined as having asthma have been found to be two to four times more likely to start smoking than non-susceptible youth [17,18,19]. Consequently, smoking has a negative impact on the economy and affects policy effectiveness in many areas.…”

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Effect of active smoking and second-hand smoke on asthma of young people: community health survey

2017

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Prevalence of Allergic Diseases among Korean School-age Children: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study

Cited by 60 publications

References 27 publications

Prevalence of Allergic Disease in Korean Adults: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2010–2012)

Prevalence of Allergic Disease in Korean Adults: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2010–2012)

A Study of Allergic Sensitization to Eight Common Allergens in Pediatric Patients With Nasobronchial Allergy

Effect of active smoking and second-hand smoke on asthma of young people: community health survey

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