| A Survey of the Distribution of Allergic Diseases in Low Grade Children on Primary School. |
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Seung Hwan Kim, Seung Joo Kim, Hyun Soo Park, Chung Hun Lee, Hae Sun Yoon |
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Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea |
| 국민학교 저학년을 대상으로 한 알레르기 질환의
분포에 관한 관찰 |
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김승환, 김승주, 박현수, 이정훈, 윤혜선 |
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한림대학 동산성심병원 소아과 |
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Received: 11 April 1988 • Accepted: 29 May 1988 |
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| Abstract |
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The purpose of this study is to assess the incidence of allergic diseases in lower grade primary
school children in Seoul, Chun cheon and Kuri by questionnaires which were completed by their
parents.
This study was done on 15,009 of possible 20,000 pupils from May to September, 1987. Thirty eight
questions were used to elicit information about the relationship between allergic diseases and factors
such as sex, geographic location, home environment, family history and breast or bottle fed. The skin
prick test with common three inhalent allergens (house dust, two house dust mites) was performed on
1,044 pupils.
The results were as follows:
1) 30.2% of the pupils presented a history of allergic diseases which included asthma or asthmatic
bronchitis, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis or atopic dermatitis. There was no significant
difference between allergic diseases and geographic location.
2) The frequency of each of allergic diseases was 13.8% for asthma or asthmatic bronchitis, 6.8%
for allergic rhinitis, 3.1% for allergic conjunctivitis, 15.4% for atopic dermatitis or infantile eczema,
25.9% for urticaria, 5.6% for food allergy, 2.4% for drug allergy and 2.0% for milk allergy.
3) Allergic diseases were 1.3 times more prevalent in boys than girls.
4) With respect to the home environment, 70.3% of the subjects lived in private houses and 29.7%
in apartments; the incidence of allergic diseases was 28.3% and 35.1% respectively.
5) Allergic diseases were more frequently associated with the oil for the heating system than the
briquet for that.
6) Allergic diseases were more frequently associated with the paper for the material of floor than
the vinyl for that.
7) 54.3% of subjects had sofa, carpet or bed and the remainder did not it; the incidence of allergic
disease was 33.2% and 26.4%, respectively.
8) Bottle feeding (34.6%) or mixed feeding were more frequently associated with allergic disease
than breast feeding.
9) In children with allergic diseases, the weaning food of first choice was egg, fruit or vegetable,
fish, cereal and meat in order of frequency.
10) 60.5% of subjects had positive family histories.
11) Two hundred fifty (24.3%) of 1,044 subjects noted positive in the skin prick test.
12) The incidence of positive skin reactions in allergic and nonallergic subjects was 30.8% and 20.
5%, respectively.
13) Six hundred (59.2%) of 1,013 subjects lived in the private houses and the remainder did in the
apartments; the incidence of positive skin reaction was 21.3% and 29.1%, respectively. |
| Key Words:
Allergic diseases, Skin prick test |
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