RESUMO
Two epidemiological surveys of New Zealand adolescents are reported. The prevalence of asthma was 7.5 percent in Rotorua and 7.9 percent in Wairoa. Additional questions asked in Wairoa identified 18.2 percent of subjects who had experienced wheeze but had not been labelled "asthma". The association of active asthma with nasal obstruction was confirmed. Wheeze which had not been labelled asthma was associated with the combination of subject's own and maternal cigarette smoking. The use of asthma medication was associated with easier geographic and socio-economic access to medical care, as well as with asthma activity.
Assuntos
Asma/epidemiologia , Sons Respiratórios/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Obstrução das Vias Respiratórias/etiologia , Asma/complicações , Asma/fisiopatologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Crescimento , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Nova Zelândia , Fumar , Fatores SocioeconômicosRESUMO
This paper describes and compares health indicators in Maori and European adolescents attending a coeducational secondary school in New Zealand. No important differences were found in certain urinary constituents, haemoglobin or packed cell volume, fasting plasma glucose, serum urea nitrogen, pulse rate, age of menarche, hospital experience or tuberculin test-BCG status.
