ALLERGY PORTION--3RD NATIONAL HEALTH/NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY, 1988 TO 1994

1988-1994年第三次全国健康和营养检查调查 （NHANES III）是平民的横截面样本， 非制度化的美国人口。 过敏部分的目的 调查的目的是获得关于过敏性疾病患病率的信息， 疾病和过敏原皮肤试验反应在美国人口。 目前正在分析1988-1991年的NHANES II调查，以确定 FDA致皮肤速发型超敏反应发生率 标准化（尘螨，猫，黑麦草，短豚草，俄罗斯蓟） 和非标准化的（白色橡树、百慕大草、德国蟑螂， 链格孢属，花生）致敏提取物在美国人口。 的 社会人口学因素、种族、民族对患病率的影响 将分析超敏反应和呼吸道症状的估计值。

The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994 (NHANES III) is a cross-sectional sample of the civilian, noninstitutuionalized US population. The purpose of the allergy portion of the survey is to obtain information on the prevalence of allergic disease and allergen skin test reactivity in the US population. Currently the NHANES II survey, 1988-1991, is being analyzed to determine the prevalence of immediate cutaneous hypersensitivity to FDA standardized (dustmite, cate, ryegrass, short ragweed, russian thistle) and unstandardized (White oak, Bermuda grass, German cockroach, Alternaria, peanut) allergenic extracts in the US population. The influence of sociodemographic factors, race, ethnicity on the prevalence estimates of hypersensitivity and respiratory symptoms will be analyzed.