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

在第二次调查中收集了12-74岁白人(N=10,854)的数据 1976-1980年全国健康与营养检查调查样本 美国人口，被用来确定不同的 呼吸道症状和过敏原皮试反应性程度。 用8种非标准化过敏原进行了针刺试验。 变应原皮肤试验反应性用平均直径进行分类 在20分钟的读数中红斑反应。非反应堆是 对照组。变应性鼻炎的患病率随着 变应原皮试反应性增加，优势比超过8 对于有两个或两个以上阳性检测结果的组。疾病的流行 哮喘随着变应原皮试反应性的增加而增加 非吸烟者。变应原皮试对变应性鼻炎的优势比 室外变应原的反应性高于室内变应原。该协会 过敏性鼻炎患者皮试反应性较高 医生此前曾诊断为过敏性鼻炎。慢性鼻炎 与过敏原皮肤测试反应性无关。

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.