Short-term effect of pollen exposure on antiallergic drug consumption
Short-term effect of pollen exposure on antiallergic drug consumption
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DOI:
10.1016/s1081-1206(10)60657-6
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发表时间:
2007-09-01
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
Caillaud, Denis
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作者:
Fuhrman, Claire;Sarter, Helene;Caillaud, Denis
Background: Several studies have investigated the association between pollen exposure and asthma emergency admissions, but only 2 have investigated the effect of airborne allergens on consultations for rhinitis or conjunctivitis and none has used drug consumption as the health indicator.Objective: To analyze the short-term association between pollen exposure and antiallergic drug consumption in the urban area of Clermont-Ferrand, France, taking into account the potentially confounding effect of air pollution and meteorological factors.Methods: We used the French health insurance database to select all individuals from the Clermont-Ferrand urban area having benefited from reimbursement for antiallergic treatment from January 1, 2000, through December 31, 2001, and from January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2004. An episode of treated allergic rhinitis, rhinosinusitus, or conjunctivitis (ARC) was defined as the association of an oral antihistamine and a local antiallergic drug on the same prescription. The relations between daily changes in pollen concentrations and daily changes in the number of treated ARC cases were analyzed using a Poisson regression model with penalized spline functions.Results: The risk of treated ARC associated with an interquartile increase in pollen concentration increased significantly for Poaceae (5%, P