ALLERGEN SKIN TEST REACTIVITY AND RESPIRATORY DISEASE IN THE U.S. POPULATION

在第二次研究中收集了12- t0 74岁白人（N= 10，854）的数据 1976年至1980年全国健康和营养检查调查， 美国人口，被用来确定各种之间的关联 呼吸道症状和过敏原皮肤试验反应性的程度。 使用8种非标准化过敏原进行针刺试验。 过敏原皮肤试验反应性通过平均直径进行分类 在20分钟阅读时红斑反应的百分比。 非反应堆是 对照组。 过敏性鼻炎的发病率随着 过敏原皮肤试验反应性增加，比值比超过8 对于有两个或两个以上阳性检测结果的群体。 之时尚 哮喘随着过敏原皮肤试验反应性的增加而增加， 不吸烟的人。 过敏原皮肤试验诊断变应性鼻炎的优势比 与室外变应原的反应性高于室内变应原。 协会 过敏性鼻炎与过敏原皮肤试验反应性较高时， 医生先前诊断为过敏性鼻炎。 慢性鼻炎是 与过敏原皮试反应无关。

Data collected on 12- t0 74-year-old whites (N=10,854) during the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1976 to 1980, a sample of the US population, were used to determine the association between various respiratory symptoms and the degree of allergen skin test reactivity. Prick-puncture testing using eight unstandardized allergens was performed. Allergen skin test reactivity was classified by means of the mean diameter of the erythema reaction at the 20-minute reading. Non reactors were the comparison group. The prevalence of allergic rhinitis increased as allergen skin test reactivity increased, with the odds ratio exceeding 8 for the group with two or more positive test results. The prevalence of asthma increased with the increasing allergen skin test reactivity only in nonsmokers. The odds ratio for allergic rhinitis with allergen skin test reactivity was higher with outdoor than indoor allergens. The association of allergic rhinitis with allergen skin test reactivity was higher when a physician had previously diagnosed allergic rhinitis. Chronic rhinitis was not associated with allergen skin test reactivity.