Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 28-35 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Primary Care Respiratory Journal |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2007 |
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Keywords
- asthma
- eczema
- allergic rhinitis
- sex
- gender
- epidemiology
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Gender-specific presentations for asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema in primary care. / Osman, Mustafa; Hansell, Anna L.; Simpson, Colin R.; Hollowell, Jennifer; Helms, Peter J.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender-specific presentations for asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema in primary care
AU - Osman, Mustafa
AU - Hansell, Anna L.
AU - Simpson, Colin R.
AU - Hollowell, Jennifer
AU - Helms, Peter J.
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - asthma
KW - eczema
KW - allergic rhinitis
KW - sex
KW - gender
KW - epidemiology
U2 - 10.3132/pcrj.2007.00006
DO - 10.3132/pcrj.2007.00006
M3 - Article
VL - 16
SP - 28
EP - 35
JO - Primary Care Respiratory Journal
JF - Primary Care Respiratory Journal
SN - 1475-1534
IS - 1
ER -