Epidemiology of Anosmia in South Korea: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
Epidemiology of Anosmia in South Korea: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
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DOI：
10.1038/s41598-020-60678-z
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发表时间：
2020-02-28
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4.6
通讯作者：
Lee, Kun Hee
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作者：
Kang, Jeong Wook;Lee, Young Chan;Lee, Kun Hee
关于亚洲人嗅觉功能障碍的流行病学研究还不够。本研究的目的是评估韩国人嗅觉障碍的患病率和发病率，并评估人口危险因素。我们利用 2006 年至 2016 年韩国国民健康保险公团数据分析了嗅觉丧失患者的临床数据。该数据包括韩国近 50,000,000 人的医疗保险索赔数据和医疗记录。 30-39 岁年龄组的患病率最高（每年每 10,000 人中有 19.25 人）。与其他年龄组相比，其发病率也很高（每年每万人13.30）。患病率和发病率从2006年的7.10上升到2016年的13.74，从5.66上升到2016年的9.54。从季节上看，春、秋季发病率较高。高收入人群的发病率比低收入人群高约1.4倍。我们认为社会经济地位通常会影响嗅觉缺失症人群的就诊率。在临床环境中，嗅觉缺失症经常被漏诊，因为老年人和低收入人群由于经济问题，很容易低估他们的嗅觉缺失症状并忽视其严重性。因此，需要对嗅觉缺失症进行仔细关注和进一步研究。
Research about the epidemiology of olfactory dysfunction in Asians was not enough. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and incidence rate of olfactory disorders in Koreans and to evaluate demographic risk factors. We analyzed clinical data of patients with anosmia using Korean National Health Insurance Service data from 2006 to 2016. The data includes medical insurance claim data and medical records of almost 50,000,000 people in Korea. The 30-39 age group showed the highest prevalence (19.25 per 10,000 per year). Their incidence rate was also high comparing other age groups (13.30 per 10,000 per year). The prevalence and the incidence increased from 7.10 to 13.74 and from 5.66 to 9.54 between 2006 and 2016. In the seasonal analysis, the incidence rate was high in spring and autumn. The high-income population showed about 1.4-folds higher incidence rate than the low-income population. We thought that the socioeconomic status could generally affect the rate of hospital visit in the anosmia population. Anosmia can be frequently underdiagnosed in the clinical environment because the elderly and the low-income people easily underestimate their anosmia symptom and ignore the severity due to their economic problem. Therefore careful attention and further studies for anosmia are needed.