PMID- 21396215
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110629
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 1815-7920 (Electronic)
IS  - 1027-3719 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 4
DP  - 2011 Apr
TI  - High prevalence of asthma and atopy in the Canary Islands, Spain.
PG  - 536-41
LID - 10.5588/ijtld.10.0303 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of and risk factors for asthma and related 
      conditions in the Canaries, Spain. METHODS: From a randomised sample of 9506 
      adults aged 20-44 years who answered a short questionnaire, a random sample 
      corresponding to 20% of the original was taken. Subjects classified as 
      symptomatic in the previous survey and who were not included in the random sample 
      were also invited to participate. The subjects completed a respiratory 
      questionnaire, and underwent spirometry, bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) 
      test, skin tests and immunoglobulin E (IgE) measurements. RESULTS: The random 
      sample included 593 subjects. The prevalence of skin sensitisation to mites was 
      30.3% (95%CI 26.7-34.2) and the prevalence of IgE to mites 30.5% (95%CI 
      26.2-35.2). A prevalence of 40.6% (95%CI 35.9-45.5) was found for atopy, 14.1% 
      (95%CI 11.1-17.1) for BHR and 4.2% (95%CI, 2.5-5.9) for asthma. The risk factors 
      most strongly associated with asthma were atopy (OR 4.89, 95%CI 3.07-7.78) and 
      respiratory infection before the age of 5 years (OR 2.78, 95%CI 1.66-4.67). 
      CONCLUSION: This study shows a high prevalence of sensitisation to mites, atopy, 
      BHR and asthma in the Canaries, similar to that observed in English-speaking 
      countries. We suggest that these findings could partially result from climatic 
      conditions.
FAU - Julia-Serda, G
AU  - Julia-Serda G
AD  - Servicio de Neumologia, Hospital Universitario Dr Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran 
      Canaria, Spain. jjulser@gobiernodecanarias.org
FAU - Cabrera-Navarro, P
AU  - Cabrera-Navarro P
FAU - Acosta-Fernandez, O
AU  - Acosta-Fernandez O
FAU - Martin-Perez, P
AU  - Martin-Perez P
FAU - Losada-Cabrera, P
AU  - Losada-Cabrera P
FAU - Garcia-Bello, M A
AU  - Garcia-Bello MA
FAU - Carrillo-Diaz, T
AU  - Carrillo-Diaz T
FAU - Anto-Boque, J
AU  - Anto-Boque J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - France
TA  - Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
JT  - The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal 
      of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
JID - 9706389
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Animals
MH  - Asthma/*epidemiology/immunology
MH  - Bronchial Hyperreactivity/*epidemiology
MH  - Climate
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypersensitivity, Immediate/*epidemiology/immunology
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/*immunology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Pyroglyphidae/immunology
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Skin Tests/methods
MH  - Spain/epidemiology
MH  - Spirometry
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2011/03/15 06:00
MHDA- 2011/06/30 06:00
CRDT- 2011/03/15 06:00
PHST- 2011/03/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/03/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/06/30 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.5588/ijtld.10.0303 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Apr;15(4):536-41. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0303.