Shaw R A, Crane J, O'Donnell T V, Porteous L E, Coleman E D
Department of Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand.
Arch Dis Child. 1990 Dec;65(12):1319-23. doi: 10.1136/adc.65.12.1319.
A survey of asthma symptoms and spirometry in 435 adolescent schoolchildren was undertaken in 1989 in a rural, largely Maori population. The survey questionnaires were identical to those used in a 1975 survey at the same school. The prevalence of reported asthma or wheeze significantly increased from 26.2% to 34.0%. This increase occurred in groups reporting asthma, and also those reporting wheeze unassociated with colds, but without a previous diagnosis of asthma. There was a tendency for a rise in reported wheeze in Europeans (24.3% to 27.4%) and a significant rise in Maoris (27.1% to 36.2%). The reclassification of other respiratory problems did not account for the increase. Data from this study provides evidence that there has been a rise in the prevalence of asthma in this New Zealand population over a time period of 14 years.
1989年，在一个以毛利人为主的农村地区，对435名青少年学童进行了哮喘症状和肺活量测定调查。调查问卷与1975年在同一所学校进行的调查所用问卷相同。报告的哮喘或喘息患病率从26.2%显著上升至34.0%。这种上升出现在报告有哮喘的人群中，也出现在报告有与感冒无关的喘息但之前未被诊断为哮喘的人群中。欧洲人报告的喘息有上升趋势（从24.3%升至27.4%），而毛利人则显著上升（从27.1%升至36.2%）。其他呼吸道问题的重新分类并不能解释这种上升。这项研究的数据表明，在14年的时间里，这个新西兰人群中哮喘的患病率有所上升。
