The prevalence of allergic skin test reactivity to eight common aeroallergens in the U.S. population: Results from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Gergen, Peter J.; Turkeltaub, Paul C.; Kovar, Mary Grace

doi:10.1016/0091-6749(87)90286-7

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“…Pollen from the genus Ambrosia which includes A. artemisiifolia (short or common ragweed), A. trifida (giant ragweed), A. psilostachya (western ragweed), and A. bidentata (lanceleaf ragweed) has long been acknowledged to be a significant cause of allergic disease (2). An extensive skin test survey demonstrated that at least 10% of the US population is ragweed sensitive; the prevalence of ragweed sensitivity among atopic individuals was 27% in two large case series (3,4). It has been reported that Ambrosia may cause more seasonal allergic rhinitis than all other plants combined (5).…”

Section: Aerobiology | Allergies | Global Warmingmentioning

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Recent warming by latitude associated with increased length of ragweed pollen season in central North America

Ziska

Knowlton

Rogers

et al. 2011

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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A fundamental aspect of climate change is the potential shifts in flowering phenology and pollen initiation associated with milder winters and warmer seasonal air temperature. Earlier floral anthesis has been suggested, in turn, to have a role in human disease by increasing time of exposure to pollen that causes allergic rhinitis and related asthma. However, earlier floral initiation does not necessarily alter the temporal duration of the pollen season, and, to date, no consistent continental trend in pollen season length has been demonstrated. Here we report that duration of the ragweed (Ambrosia spp.) pollen season has been increasing in recent decades as a function of latitude in North America. Latitudinal effects on increasing season length were associated primarily with a delay in first frost of the fall season and lengthening of the frost free period. Overall, these data indicate a significant increase in the length of the ragweed pollen season by as much as 13-27 d at latitudes above ∼44°N since 1995. This is consistent with recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projections regarding enhanced warming as a function of latitude. If similar warming trends accompany long-term climate change, greater exposure times to seasonal allergens may occur with subsequent effects on public health. aerobiology | allergies | global warming

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Section: Aerobiology | Allergies | Global Warmingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent warming by latitude associated with increased length of ragweed pollen season in central North America

Ziska

Knowlton

Rogers

et al. 2011

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…In King County in the State of Washington, the asthma hospitalization rate of children living in high-poverty areas is three times that of those living in low-poverty areas (40). In addition, being poor or a person of color is associated with increased rates of sensitization to several asthma-associated allergens (41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48). Sensitization to allergens is one of the main risk factors for developing asthma and its complications (49)(50)(51).…”

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The Seattle-King County healthy homes project: implementation of a comprehensive approach to improving indoor environmental quality for low-income children with asthma.

Krieger

Takaro

Allen

et al. 2002

Environ Health Perspect

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Pediatric asthma is a growing public health issue, disproportionately affecting low-income people and people of color. Exposure to indoor asthma triggers plays an important role in the development and exacerbation of asthma. We describe the implementation of the Seattle-King County Healthy Homes Project, a randomized, controlled trial of an outreach/education intervention to improve asthma-related health status by reducing exposure to allergens and irritants in the home. We randomly assigned 274 low-income children with asthma ages 4-12 to either a high- or a low-intensity group. In the high-intensity group, community health workers called Community Home Environmental Specialists (CHES) conducted initial home environmental assessments, provided individualized action plans, and made additional visits over a 12-month period to provide education and social support, encouragement of participant actions, provision of materials to reduce exposures (including bedding encasements), assistance with roach and rodent eradication, and advocacy for improved housing conditions. Members of the low-intensity group received the initial assessment, home action plan, limited education during the assessment visit, and bedding encasements. We describe the recruitment and training of CHES and challenges they faced and explain the assessment and exposure reduction protocols addressing dust mites, mold, tobacco smoke, pets, cockroaches, rodents, dust, moisture, and toxic or hazardous chemicals. We also discuss the gap between the practices recommended in the literature and what is feasible in the home. We accomplished home interventions and participants found the project very useful. The project was limited in resolving structural housing quality issues that contributed to exposure to indoor triggers.

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“…[1][2][3][4][5] Little is known about the distribution of health parameters in general and atopic diseases in particular in the different social categories in populations ofthe formerly communist countries of Eastem Europe. Studies performed shortly after the collapse ofthe communist system revealed that prevalence rates for atopic diseases and allergic sensitization in children and young adults in Eastem European countries were substantially lower than those observed in Westem Europe."…”

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Atopy in children and parental social class.

Heinrich¹,

M²,

Wjst³

et al. 1998

Am J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES: This analysis was conducted to determine whether atopic disorders were related to social class in a pediatric population of a former socialist country. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 2471 schoolchildren was carried out in 1992 and 1993 in 3 towns in the former East Germany. Parents completed a standardized questionnaire regarding health events and lifestyle factors. In addition, skin-prick tests were performed and total serum immunoglobulin (IgE) was determined. RESULTS: Lifetime prevalence rates for atopic disease and rates of allergic sensitization were highest in children from social class III (in which parents had more than 10 years of formal education) and lowest in social class I (less than 10 years of parental education), while rates in social class II (10 years of parental education) were constant at an intermediate level. CONCLUSIONS: The data confirmed the assumption that in formerly socialist countries social inequalities existed under the socialist system, which were reflected by a social gradient in health outcomes. The findings support the hypothesis that increased access to modern lifestyle could be one reason for the increasing rates of atopic disorders during the last 3 decades.

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The prevalence of allergic skin test reactivity to eight common aeroallergens in the U.S. population: Results from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Cited by 260 publications

References 37 publications

Recent warming by latitude associated with increased length of ragweed pollen season in central North America

Recent warming by latitude associated with increased length of ragweed pollen season in central North America

The Seattle-King County healthy homes project: implementation of a comprehensive approach to improving indoor environmental quality for low-income children with asthma.

Atopy in children and parental social class.

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