Article
Genetic risk for asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Aug 1992
Dold S, Wjst M, von Mutius E, Reitmeir P, Stiepel E
Abstract excerpt
In order to explore the genetic risk of a child with a family history of allergies developing asthma, allergic rhinitis, or atopic dermatitis, questionnaires filled in by 6665 families were analysed. The data were collected in a population based cross sectional survey of 9-11 year old schoolchildren living in Munich and southern Bavaria. The relation between asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis and...
Topics
- Asthma
- Child
- Confidence Intervals
- Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic
- Dermatitis, Atopic
- Disease Susceptibility
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Germany, West
- Humans
- Odds Ratio
- Prevalence
