Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, Opole, Poland.
Eur J Med Res. 2009 Dec 7;14 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):187-91. doi: 10.1186/2047-783x-14-s4-187.
The aim of the paper was to asses the relationship between socioeconomic status, the prevalence of allergy and physical development. The data were obtained from 478 female students and 195 male students aged 19-24. The prevalence of allergy in the group surveyed was 14.6% (14.6% in women and 14.4% in men). Allergic diseases were more frequent in students of high socioeconomic status. The results of the analysis of variance did not show any significant differences in anthropometric characteristics between students with and without allergies. However, women and men with allergies diagnosed are on average shorter than people without allergies. The dependency is also visible after adjusting for socioeconomic status. As for the equal status groups, the people with allergies are always shorter than those without allergies. Summarizing, the results of the tests presented indicate that allergic diseases may affect the growing process. However, upon providing appropriate conditions, the growth of children with allergy is not different from the control population.
本文旨在评估社会经济地位、过敏症患病率与身体发育之间的关系。研究数据来自 478 名 19-24 岁的女性学生和 195 名男性学生。调查人群中的过敏患病率为 14.6%（女性为 14.6%，男性为 14.4%）。高社会经济地位的学生中过敏疾病更为常见。方差分析的结果显示，过敏症患者与非过敏症患者在人体测量特征方面没有显著差异。然而，诊断出患有过敏症的女性和男性平均比没有过敏症的人矮。在调整社会经济地位后，这种依赖性仍然存在。至于社会经济地位相等的群体，患有过敏症的人总是比没有过敏症的人矮。总之，所呈现的测试结果表明，过敏症可能会影响生长过程。然而，在提供适当的条件下，过敏儿童的生长与对照人群没有区别。
