A Survey of Allergic Rhinitis among College Students in Kunming / 昆明医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the distribution,epidemiologic feature and the related risk features of allergic rhinitis among college students in Kunming.Methods Stratified cluster sampling was conducted in each school as a unit.The investigated subjects included 1500 students aged from18 to 29 years old from 7 universities in Kunming,Yunnan Province.The epidemiological investigation was carried out using the designed questionnaire of allergic rhinitis.The results were analyzed.Restlts We had given out 1500 questionnaires and the response rate was 98.9％.The self-reported prevalence of allergic rhinitis was 25.4％ among college students in Kunming,in which,the males' prevalence rate was 29.3％ and the females' was 22.9％.And 3.7％ of the students with allergic rhinitis were combined with asthma and the 19.1％ combined with a history of familial inheritance.The main risk factor was dust.Concltsion The self-reported and prevalence of allergic rhinitis among college students in Kunming is 25.4％.Males' prevalence rate is slightly higher than the females'.The potential risk factors are bronchial asthma and the history of familial inheritance.The mainly inducement is dust,animal fur and plant pollen.