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. 1999 Oct;81(4):313–317. doi: 10.1136/adc.81.4.313

Prevalence and severity of asthma, rhinitis, and atopic eczema: the north east study

M Shamssain 1, N Shamsian 1
PMCID: PMC1718111  PMID: 10490435

Abstract

Using the international study of asthma and allergies in childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire, 3000 children aged 6-7 years from various schools in the north east of England were studied. In this population, the lifetime prevalence rates of various symptoms and diagnoses were: wheezing, 29.6%; atopic eczema, 27.8%; rhinitis, 23.1%; and self reported asthma, 22.7%. Rhinitis was reported by 44% and 40% of boys and girls with asthma, respectively. Atopic eczema was reported by 46% of both boys and girls with asthma. The prevalence rates of reported asthma, and of symptoms suggestive of asthma, were higher than those reported from studies conducted on UK children in 1992.



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