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Uthaisangsook S, Prevalence of asthma, rhinitis, and eczema in the university population of Phitsanulok, Thailand, ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, 2007;25:127-132,

Keywords: Thailand,asthma,prevalence,epidemiology,student

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Abstract

Allergic diseases have been increasing around the world. Many studies in Thai children by ISAAC protocol found an increase in the prevalences of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema. Nevertheless very few stud-ies in Thai adults have been done. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema among Naresuan University students. Two thousand six hundred and ninety-three students (835 males and 1,858 females) completed ISAAC standardized written and video questionnaires. The age range was 17-53 years (mean 20.0 ± 3.2 years) of which 97.2% were less than 30 years old. The prevalences of allergic rhinitis within the past 12 months and allergic rhinitis with concomitant conjunctivitis were 57.4% and 25.6%. The prevalences of wheeze within the past 12 months and of diagnosed asthma were 12.1% and 9.8%. The eczema prevalence within the past 12 months was 15.0%. Subjects with rhinoconjunctivitis had significantly more wheeze within the past 12 months and more asthma than those without rhinoconjunctivitis (25.8% and 20.1% vs. 7.6% and 6.3%; p < 0.0001, p < 0.0001). The prevalences of wheeze within the past 12 months and asthma in males (14.1%, 11.9%) were significantly higher than in females (11.2%, 8.9%) (p = 0.044 and 0.018, respectively). Simi-lar to a recent study in Bangkok University students, our results showed an increasing trend in allergic diseases in the adult population of Phitsanulok, Northern Thailand, as compared to a study 2 decades ago.
ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY (2007) 25:127-132

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