Prevalence of allergic rhinitis in Beijing--a community survey / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
; (24): 1349-1351, 2014.
Artículo
en Chino
| WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental)
| ID: wpr-747685
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WPRO
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To estimate the prevalence of allergic rhinitis (AR) in a community center in Beijing.@*METHOD@#We randomly investigated a community with 13 900 inhabitents in Beijing by means of questionnaire survey.@*RESULT@#A total of 2000 questionnaires was send out, and 1988 of them were collected, which included 952 males and 1036 females (age 1 to 96 years old, 128 cases are younger than 14 years old. Among of them, 194 cases (9.76%) were diagnosed as having AR according to epidemiologic definition, including 14 children. The prevalence of AR was 9.68% in adults, with male 10.21% and female 9.18%, 10.94% in children. The prevalence in male are slightly higher than in female both with adults and children but without statistic significance.@*CONCLUSION@#The survey showed the incidence of AR in Beijing are 9.76% in population, adults 9.68%, children (younger than 12) 10.94%. AR patients are more likely to have other allergic diseases.
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Base de datos:
WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental)
Asunto principal:
China
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Epidemiología
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Incidencia
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Prevalencia
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Ciudades
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Distribución por Sexo
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Rinitis Alérgica
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Hipersensibilidad
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de incidencia
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Estudio de prevalencia
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Estudio pronóstico
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Anciano
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Anciano de 80 o más años
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Niño
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Niño, preescolar
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Lactante
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Chino
Revista:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Artículo