Stanhope J M, Rees R O, Mangan A J
N Z Med J. 1979 Oct 10;90(645):279-82.
Two epidemiological surveys of New Zealand adolescents are reported. The prevalence of asthma was 7.5 percent in Rotorua and 7.9 percent in Wairoa. Additional questions asked in Wairoa identified 18.2 percent of subjects who had experienced wheeze but had not been labelled "asthma". The association of active asthma with nasal obstruction was confirmed. Wheeze which had not been labelled asthma was associated with the combination of subject's own and maternal cigarette smoking. The use of asthma medication was associated with easier geographic and socio-economic access to medical care, as well as with asthma activity.
本文报道了两项针对新西兰青少年的流行病学调查。罗托鲁瓦的哮喘患病率为7.5%，怀罗阿为7.9%。在怀罗阿提出的其他问题显示，18.2%的受试者曾有喘息症状但未被诊断为“哮喘”。活动性哮喘与鼻塞之间的关联得到证实。未被诊断为哮喘的喘息与受试者本人及母亲吸烟有关。哮喘药物的使用与更容易获得地理和社会经济方面的医疗服务以及哮喘活动有关。
