Manning P J, Goodman P, O'Sullivan A, Clancy L
Department of Respiratory Medicine, CResT Directorate, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin.
Ir Med J. 2007 Nov-Dec;100(10):614-5.
The results of the initial International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) undertaken in the mid 1990s demonstrated a substantial increase in asthma and wheeze symptoms prevalence in Irish teenagers aged 13-14 years from the 1980s. International research suggests that asthma has increased further in some countries and this study was undertaken to determine whether an upward trend in childhood asthma prevalence has continued in the Republic of Ireland in recent years. We therefore conducted two further national cross sectional studies in the same previously surveyed childhood population throughout the Republic of Ireland, one in 1998 (n=2580) and the other in 2002-3 (n=3089). We report here on rising prevalence trends of asthma (42.1% relative increase) but falling wheeze (10.4% relative reduction) prevalence in these teenage children in 2002-3.
20世纪90年代中期开展的首项儿童哮喘与过敏国际研究（ISAAC）结果显示，与20世纪80年代相比，爱尔兰13至14岁青少年的哮喘和喘息症状患病率大幅上升。国际研究表明，一些国家的哮喘患病率进一步上升，本研究旨在确定近年来爱尔兰共和国儿童哮喘患病率是否持续呈上升趋势。因此，我们在爱尔兰共和国之前调查过的同一儿童群体中又进行了两项全国性横断面研究，一项于1998年开展（n = 2580），另一项于2002 - 2003年开展（n = 3089）。我们在此报告，2002 - 2003年这些青少年儿童中哮喘患病率呈上升趋势（相对增加42.1%），但喘息患病率呈下降趋势（相对降低10.4%）。
