Med Clin (Barc). 1995 Apr 8;104(13):487-92.
The European Study of Asthma was designed to study the variability of the prevalence of asthma in Europe. The aim of the present paper was to report the results obtained on the participation and prevalence of symptoms related to asthma in 5 Spanish areas: Albacete, Barcelona, Galdakao, Huelva and Oviedo.
A sample population of 16,884 individuals between 20-44 years of age was studied with a questionnaire adapted from the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
Response was obtained from 14,269 (84.5%) individuals. The frequency of symptoms related to asthma over the last year varied widely from area to area. Night attacks of shortness of breath varied from 3.6% to 11.6%; asthma attacks from 1.4% to 3.4%; medication for asthma from 1.2 to 5.6%. The global frequency of these symptoms in men and women respectively was 4.9% and 5.0% in Galdakao, 6.3% and 6.6% in Barcelona, 9.4% and 9.3% in Oviedo, 10.7% and 9.1% in Albacete and 14.3% and 14.9% in Huelva. With regard to the remaining symptoms, night attacks of coughing and wheezing were of note because of their high prevalence ranging, according to areas, from 24.6% and 36.0% and 13.3% and 33.7%, respectively.
This is the first providing population data on the prevalence of symptoms related to asthma in adults in Spain. The global prevalence of symptoms varied from 4.9% to 14.3% in men and 5.0% to 14.9% in women. Although posterior analysis based on atopy data and bronchial hyperreactivity will allow better interpretation of these prevalence rates, they suggest that asthma is a frequent disease in individuals from 20 to 44 years of age in Spain.
欧洲哮喘研究旨在研究欧洲哮喘患病率的变异性。本文的目的是报告在西班牙5个地区（阿尔巴塞特、巴塞罗那、加尔达考、韦尔瓦和奥维耶多）获得的与哮喘相关症状的参与率和患病率结果。
使用一份改编自国际抗结核和肺病联盟的问卷，对16884名年龄在20至44岁之间的样本人群进行了研究。
有14269人（84.5%）做出了回应。去年与哮喘相关症状的出现频率因地区而异。夜间呼吸急促发作率从3.6%到11.6%不等；哮喘发作率从1.4%到3.4%不等；哮喘用药率从1.2%到5.6%不等。在加尔达考，这些症状在男性和女性中的总体出现频率分别为4.9%和5.0%；在巴塞罗那分别为6.3%和6.6%；在奥维耶多分别为9.4%和9.3%；在阿尔巴塞特分别为10.7%和9.1%；在韦尔瓦分别为14.3%和14.9%。关于其余症状，夜间咳嗽和喘息发作值得注意，因为其患病率较高，根据地区不同，分别在24.6%至36.0%以及13.3%至33.7%之间。
这是首次提供西班牙成年人中与哮喘相关症状患病率的人群数据。这些症状的总体患病率在男性中为4.9%至14.3%，在女性中为5.0%至14.9%。尽管基于特应性数据和支气管高反应性的后续分析将有助于更好地解释这些患病率，但它们表明哮喘在西班牙20至44岁的人群中是一种常见疾病。
