Is there a sex-shift in prevalence of allergic rhinitis and comorbid asthma from childhood to adulthood? A meta-analysis
| العنوان: | Is there a sex-shift in prevalence of allergic rhinitis and comorbid asthma from childhood to adulthood? A meta-analysis |
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| المؤلفون: | Andreas Reich, Mariona Pinart, Matthias Fröhlich, Stephanie Roll, Thomas Keil, Dirkje S. Postma, Theresa Keller, Cynthia Hohmann, Jean Bousquet, Josep M. Antó, Báltica Cabieses |
| المصدر: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya instname Clinical and Translational Allergy Dipòsit Digital de la UB Universidad de Barcelona Clinical and Translational Allergy, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017) |
| بيانات النشر: | BioMed Central, 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0301 basic medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Allergy, SYMPTOMS, Immunology, Population, RESPIRATORY-HEALTH-SURVEY, ECZEMA, ISAAC, CHILDREN, Review, Allergic rhinitis, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Prevalence, Immunology and Allergy, ddc:610, 10. No inequality, education, Rinitis, Asma, Asthma, Rhinitis, GENDER-DIFFERENCES, education.field_of_study, business.industry, SCHOOLCHILDREN, Multimorbidity, ASSOCIATION, RC581-607, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS, 030104 developmental biology, 030228 respiratory system, Meta-analysis, RISK-FACTORS, Systematic review, Observational study, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, business, Male predominance |
| الوصف: | Background: Allergic rhinitis and asthma as single entities affect more boys than girls in childhood but more females in adulthood. However, it is unclear if this prevalence sex-shift also occurs in allergic rhinitis and concurrent asthma. Thus, our aim was to compare sex-specific differences in the prevalence of coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Methods: Post-hoc analysis of systematic review with meta-analysis concerning sex-specific prevalence of allergic rhinitis. Using random-effects meta-analysis, we assessed male-female ratios for coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma in children (0-10 years), adolescents (11-17) and adults (> 17). Electronic searches were performed using MEDLINE and EMBASE for the time period 2000-2014. We included population-based observational studies, reporting coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma as outcome stratified by sex. We excluded non-original or non-population-based studies, studies with only male or female participants or selective patient collectives. Results: From a total of 6539 citations, 10 studies with a total of 93,483 participants met the inclusion criteria. The male-female ratios (95% CI) for coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma were 1.65 (1.52; 1.78) in children (N = 6 studies), 0.61 (0.51; 0.72) in adolescents (N = 2) and 1.03 (0.79; 1.35) in adults (N = 2). Male-female ratios for allergic rhinitis only were 1.25 (1.19; 1.32, N = 5) in children, 0.80 (0.71; 0.89, N = 2) in adolescents and 0.98 (0.74; 1.30, N = 2) in adults, respectively. Conclusions: The prevalence of coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma shows a clear male predominance in childhood and seems to switch to a female predominance in adolescents. This switch was less pronounced for allergic rhinitis only. |
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| اللغة: | English |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::0e389a54c86afa7b8bae8bd2c29e53cdTest http://hdl.handle.net/10230/34006Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....0e389a54c86afa7b8bae8bd2c29e53cd |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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