Department of Medicine-Pediatrics, Cool Springs Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, Brentwood, TN, USA.
J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Oct;126(4):778-783.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.06.050.
Allergies give rise to the fifth-leading group of chronic diseases. However, the specific prevalence of ocular allergy is poorly described.
We sought to provide a more accurate representation of the epidemiology of ocular allergy in the United States.
The National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey III performed in the United States from 1988-1994 was the source for the data collected. Items from the questionnaire regarding ocular and nasal allergy symptoms in relation to skin prick testing were stratified by age, race, region, and sex.
The sample size is 20,010: 1,285 (6.4%) reported ocular symptoms, 3,294 (16.5%) reported nasal symptoms, 5,944 (29.7%) reported both ocular and nasal symptoms, and 9.487 (47.4%) were asymptomatic. Forty percent of the population reported at least 1 occurrence of ocular symptoms in the past 12 months. Those 50 years and older have a higher frequency of isolated ocular symptoms (P < .001). There is an increase in the frequency of symptoms in those younger than 50 years in the populations of subjects with ocular and nasal symptoms combined and isolated nasal symptoms (P < .001). Ocular symptoms are more frequent than nasal symptoms in relation to animals (P < .001), household dust (P < .001), and pollen (P < .001).
This analysis provides the first representation of the epidemiology of ocular allergy in the United States. Up to 40% of the population, the highest reported to date, have experienced ocular symptoms at least once in their lifetime, with a peak of symptoms in the months of June and July.
过敏导致第五大常见慢性疾病群体。然而，眼部过敏的具体患病率描述得并不完善。
我们旨在更准确地描述美国眼部过敏的流行病学情况。
我们的数据来源于美国 1988-1994 年进行的第三次国家健康和营养调查。问卷调查了眼部和鼻部过敏症状与皮肤点刺试验的相关性，按年龄、种族、地区和性别分层。
样本量为 20010 人：1285 人（6.4%）报告了眼部症状，3294 人（16.5%）报告了鼻部症状，5944 人（29.7%）报告了眼部和鼻部同时存在的症状，9487 人（47.4%）无症状。40%的人群在过去 12 个月内至少出现过 1 次眼部症状。50 岁及以上人群孤立性眼部症状的发生率更高（P<.001）。在眼部和鼻部同时存在症状以及单纯鼻部症状的人群中，50 岁以下人群的症状发生率更高（P<.001）。与动物（P<.001）、家庭灰尘（P<.001）和花粉（P<.001）相比，眼部症状比鼻部症状更为常见。
本分析首次描述了美国眼部过敏的流行病学情况。高达 40%的人群一生中至少经历过 1 次眼部症状，症状在 6 月和 7 月最为常见。
