| Gender-specific presentations for asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema in primary care. | |
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PMID: 17297524 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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AIM: To identify age- and gender-specific prevalence rates for physician-diagnosed asthma, allergic rhinitis (AR) and eczema across a whole lifespan. METHOD: Presentations of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema were identified in individuals aged 0 to 65 who consulted their general practitioner at least once in 1998-99 from a population sample of 266,733 in Scotland, and in 1991-95 for asthma and allergic rhinitis in 6,836,063 person years at risk in England and Wales. RESULTS: In both sexes asthma presentations peak at 4-6 years whilst eczema peaks in infancy. A second asthma peak occurs during adolescence, earlier in females, at a time when a female predominance for all three atopic diseases is established. Female predominance of eczema presentations are limited to the reproductive period of 15-49 years. CONCLUSION: The patterns of presentations for asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema by age and gender suggest important gender-specific differences in disease predisposition and diagnosis. |
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Authors:
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Mustafa Osman; Anna L Hansell; Colin R Simpson; Jennifer Hollowell; Peter J Helms |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Primary care respiratory journal : journal of the General Practice Airways Group Volume: 16 ISSN: 1471-4418 ISO Abbreviation: Prim Care Respir J Publication Date: 2007 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-02-13 Completed Date: 2007-04-17 Revised Date: 2007-05-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101121543 Medline TA: Prim Care Respir J Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 28-35 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Child Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZG, UK. m.osman@abdn.ac.uk |
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Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Asthma / diagnosis, epidemiology* Child Child, Preschool Eczema / diagnosis, epidemiology* Female Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Prevalence Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / diagnosis, epidemiology* Scotland / epidemiology Sex Factors |
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Prim Care Respir J. 2007 Apr;16(2):126 |
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