| Literature DB >> 11705492 |
A Priftanji, D Strachan, M Burr, J Sinamati, A Shkurti, E Grabocka, B Kaur, S Fitzpatrick.
Abstract
In the first phase of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood, a large difference in occurrence of asthma symptoms was seen between children in Albania and the UK. We did skin-prick tests with various allergens and measured peak expiratory flow rate in about 1000 children from each country. A large difference in the proportion of exercise-induced bronchial reactivity was evident between children from Albania and the UK (0.8% vs 5.4%, respectively). However, the frequency of allergic sensitisation was closely similar (15.0% vs 17.8%, respectively). These results suggest that large geographical variations in asthma prevalence can arise without differences in frequency of atopy.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID： 11705492 DOI： 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06521-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN： 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321