학술논문
The prevalence of allergic diseases -The prevalence of atopic disease is decreasing・ from the surveillance in Himeji- / アレルギー疾患の疫学調査 ―アトピー性皮膚炎は減少している・姫路市の小学新入生調査から―
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Akira Mogami; Fumitake Kurosaka; Hironobu Takahashi; Jittoku Nishikawa; Katsuhiko Fujiwara; Katsumi Oka; Kazuta Shimizu; Masayuki Shima; Nobuharu Yamamoto; Shigeta Shimizu; Taku Yamada; Yasuyuki Mizumori; Yuji Nakatani; 中谷 裕司; 山本 信玄; 山田 琢; 岡 勝巳; 島 正之; 最上 朗; 水守 康之; 清水 一太; 清水 滋太; 藤原 克彦; 西川 実徳; 高橋 宏暢; 黒坂 文武
Source
日本小児アレルギー学会誌 / Nihon Shoni Arerugi Gakkaishi. The Japanese Journal of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2014, 28(1):50
Subject
Language
Japanese
ISSN
0914-2649
1882-2738
1882-2738
Abstract
We surveyed about 5,000 primary school children aged six every year in Himeji-City, Japan, from 1995 to 2010, using the Japanese version of the American Thoracic Society and the Division of Lung Diseases (ATS-DLD) questionnaire. The questionnaire survey showed that the prevalence of atopic dermatitis decreased significantly from 17.5% in 1995 to 9.4% in 2010 (P<0.001). The prevalence of asthma decreased slightly from 17.5% in 1995 to 4.8% in 2010 (P=0.016). However the prevalence of allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis and Japanese cedar pollinosis increased significantly from 8.6%, 3.6%, 6.7% in 1995 to 11.1%, 4.5%, 8.2% respectively (P<0.001, P<0.001, P<0.001). Decreasing prevalence of atopic dermatitis was associated with decreasing rugs and carpets sales, and with decreasing tatami mats sales in Japan, suggesting that atopic dermatitis was linked to the dust mites. The increasing prevalence of allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis and Japanese cedar pollinosis was presumably due to a large amount of cedar pollens.