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  • Title: [Correlations between skin allergy caused by common environmental factors and asthma].
    Author: Zhou X, Jin Y, He X.
    Journal: Wei Sheng Yan Jiu; 2004 Mar; 33(2):236-8. PubMed ID: 15209017.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To determined the effect of skin allergy(skin prick tests) on asthma, and to study the environmental causes of asthma. METHODS: 591 persons with asthma history were recruited and 2483 relatives of them were investigated. The questionnaire and skin test (with 4 allergens) were conducted for all relatives. EPI5.01 and SAS6.12 were applied for statistical analysis. RESULTS: There was 14.6% percent of persons with asthma history among the relatives, showing at the same time an increasing trend with the age. 30.0% percent of the relatives showed positive skin prick tests (rash or erythema), and the positive rash and erythema was 41.5% and 9.6% respectively. Positive skin prick tests, rash and erythema were all related with asthma and the OR was 1.46, 1.83 and 2.05 respectively, and there were all statistical significance (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Environmental allergen is one of the important risk factors on asthma.
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