Kang Sung-Yoon, Song Woo-Jung, Cho Sang-Heon, Chang Yoon-Seok
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea.
Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 03080, Korea.
Asia Pac Allergy. 2018 Jan 29;8(1):e8. doi: 10.5415/apallergy.2018.8.e8. eCollection 2018 Jan.
The prevalence of allergic diseases has increased dramatically in recent decades, and are now considered major chronic diseases at the global level. The increasing burden of allergic diseases has led to numerous worldwide and local researchers to investigate the time trends in its prevalence and identify its driving factors. Environmental changes such as urbanization and industrialization have been suggested to explain the increasing prevalence, but recent reports from Western countries suggest that this prevalence has reached a plateau or even possibly, started to decrease. However, such environmental changes are still occurring in many Asia-Pacific countries, including Korea, and it is speculated that the peak in allergy epidemics has yet to come. The present systematic literature review aimed to explore the time trends in the prevalence of allergic diseases in Korea and to identify the unmet needs for facilitating further studies.
近几十年来，过敏性疾病的患病率急剧上升，如今在全球范围内被视为主要的慢性疾病。过敏性疾病负担的增加促使众多全球和本地研究人员调查其患病率的时间趋势，并确定其驱动因素。城市化和工业化等环境变化被认为可以解释患病率的上升，但西方国家最近的报告表明，这种患病率已达到平台期，甚至可能开始下降。然而，包括韩国在内的许多亚太国家仍在发生此类环境变化，据推测，过敏流行的高峰期尚未到来。本系统文献综述旨在探讨韩国过敏性疾病患病率的时间趋势，并确定促进进一步研究的未满足需求。
