PMID- 4095714
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19860414
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 0385-0005 (Print)
IS  - 0385-0005 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 1
DP  - 1985 Apr
TI  - Relationship between housing environment and allergic symptoms of children using 
      ATS-DLD questionnaires.
PG  - 51-60
AB  - Using pupils in three areas with different environmental factors (Suginami-ku, 
      Tokyo: Aikawa-machi, Kanagawa prefecture: and Shimizu-shi, Shizuoka prefecture) 
      as subjects, respiratory symptoms and domestic environment were surveyed by meams 
      of the American Thoratic Society-Division of Lung Disease (ATS-DLD) 
      questionnaires together with measurement of total immunoglobulin E (IgE) by the 
      radioimmunosorbent test (RIST) and specific mite and cedar IgE by the 
      radioallergosorbent test (RAST), as well as the relationship between "allergic 
      symptoms" as designated in the ATS-DLD questionnaire and housing structure. The 
      following knowledge was obtained. According to the ATS-DLD standardized 
      questionnaires for prevalence of respiratory symptoms and allergic symptoms, 
      Aikawa showed a significantly low value of 8.5% (p less than 0.001) compared with 
      15.8% for Suginami and 15.7% for Shimizu, referring to allergic rhinitis only. 
      The positive rate of 300 U/ml and over of total IgE was 55.5% in Suginami, 49.1% 
      in Shimizu and 40.4% in Aikawa. Aikawa showed the lowest the positive rate of 
      total IgE in allergic symptoms. The housing was classified into three types 
      according to the original structure each of which had characteristic ventilation 
      rates. The positive rates according to the housing structure showed no 
      differences by areas for Type A (wooden house) with good ventilation, but for 
      Types B (mortar frame house) and C (steel reinforced frame house) with airtight 
      structures, the rates increased in the order of Aikawa less than Shimizu less 
      than Suginami, and a significant difference was observed between Aikawa and 
      Suginami (p less than 0.01). However, in the same area no difference was noted 
      between Type A and Types B and C. No difference in the positive rate of allergic 
      experiences by housing structure, was noted among areas and housing structures in 
      the same area for the group not experiencing allergic symptoms (A. Inexp. Group), 
      while no difference was noted for Type A but the rates were high in the order of 
      60.0% in Aikawa, 65.2% in Shimizu and 75.3% in Suginami for Types B and C in the 
      group experiencing allergic symptoms (A. Exp. Group). Furthermore, in the same 
      area when the Type A was compared with Types B and C, the latter showed a higher 
      positive rate than the formar in all three areas, with a significant difference 
      (p less than 0.05) noted in Suginami.
FAU - Osaka, F
AU  - Osaka F
FAU - Kasuga, H
AU  - Kasuga H
FAU - Sugita, M
AU  - Sugita M
FAU - Matsuki, H
AU  - Matsuki H
FAU - Yokoyama, H
AU  - Yokoyama H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Japan
TA  - Tokai J Exp Clin Med
JT  - The Tokai journal of experimental and clinical medicine
JID - 7704186
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants/adverse effects
MH  - Child
MH  - Environment
MH  - *Housing
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/*analysis
MH  - Japan
MH  - Respiratory Hypersensitivity/epidemiology/*etiology/immunology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Urticaria/epidemiology/immunology
EDAT- 1985/04/01 00:00
MHDA- 1985/04/01 00:01
CRDT- 1985/04/01 00:00
PHST- 1985/04/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1985/04/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1985/04/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Tokai J Exp Clin Med. 1985 Apr;10(1):51-60.