PREVALENCE OF ALLERGEN AND HISTAMINE SKIN REACTIVITY IN THE U.S. POPULATION

下面的摘要重点介绍了针刺皮肤的发现。 国家卫生机构对6-74岁人群进行的检测 和营养检查调查(NHANES)II，1976-80年。 皮肤测试反应性的流行率至少达到八分之一 在6-74岁人群中，选定的过敏原为20.2% 美国平民非制度化人口。 在个体过敏原中，豚草和黑麦草的过敏原最高 个人反应率约为10% 对每一个都有反应的人口。 年龄调整后的皮试反应性流行率至少为 在6-74岁人群中选择的8种过敏原中，男性的比例更高 (22.2%)高于女性(18.4%)。 年龄调整后的皮试反应性流行率至少为 8种过敏原中，黑人的比例更高(23.2%) 高于白人(19.5%)，但这一差异并未达到 统计学意义。 对选定的八种过敏原中至少一种的反应高峰出现在 该组年龄在18-24岁之间。最高反应率为33.3% 男性和女性分别为25.2%和25.2%。反应率较低的是 年轻和年长的年龄段。 豚草变应原在高花粉区有较高的反应率，如 与低花粉地区相比，13.3%对7.2%)。 收入和教育程度越高，皮肤测试的反应性越高。 城市居民的皮肤测试反应性(22%)高于 农村居民(16.5%)。 皮试反应性最强的是东北部(25.4%)和 南方最低(14.2%)。

The following summary highlights the findings from prick-puncture skin testing performed on persons 6-74 years of age in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) II, 1976-80. The prevalence rate of skin-test reactivity to at least one of eight selected allergens was 20.2 percent for persons ages 6-74 years in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. Among the individual allergens, ragweed and rye grass had the highest individual rates of reactivity with approximately 10 percent of the population reacting to each one. The age-adjusted prevalence rate of skin-test reactivity to at least one of eight selected allergens in persons ages 6-74 years was higher in men (22.2 percent) than in women (18.4 percent). The age-adjusted prevalence rate of skin-test reactivity to at least one of eight selected allergens was higher in black persons (23.2 percent) than in white persons (19.5 percent), but this difference did not reach statistical significance. Peak reactivity to at least one of eight selected allergens occurred in the group 18-24 years of age. The peak reactivities were 33.3 percent for men and 25.2 percent for women. Reactivity rates were lower in the younger and older age groups. Ragweed allergen had higher rates of reactivity in high-pollen areas as compared with low-pollen areas 13.3 percent versus 7.2 percent). Skin-test reactivity was greater with higher income and education. Skin-test reactivity was greater in urban dwellers (22 percent) than in rural dwellers (16.5 percent). Skin-test reactivity was greatest in the Northeast (25.4 percent) and lowest in the South (14.2 percent).