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

下面的总结强调了针刺皮肤的发现 在国家卫生局对6-74岁的人进行的检测 和营养检查调查（NHANES）II，1976-80。 皮试对八种药物中至少一种的反应性的患病率 在6-74岁的人群中， 美国非制度化的平民。 在单个过敏原中，豚草和黑麦草的含量最高 个体反应率约为10% 人们对每一个人都有反应。 年龄调整后的皮试反应性患病率至少有一个 在6-74岁的人群中，8种选定的过敏原中， (22.2女性（18.4%）。 年龄调整后的皮试反应性患病率至少有一个 在8种选定的过敏原中，黑人的比例较高（23.2%）。 比白色人（19.5%），但这种差异没有达到 统计显著性 对八种选定过敏原中至少一种的峰值反应发生在 年龄在18-24岁之间。 反应性峰值为33.3% 男性为25.2%，女性为25.2%。 反应率较低， 年轻人和老年人。 豚草过敏原在高花粉地区有较高的反应率， 与低花粉地区相比，13.3%对7.2%）。 皮试反应性随着收入和教育程度的提高而增加。 城市居民的皮肤测试反应性（22%）高于城市居民。 农村居民（16.5%）。 皮肤测试反应性在东北部最大（25.4%）， 南部最低（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).