Allergen levels and prevalence of atopy and asthma in population-based studies comparing different populations, or the same population over time
Reference | Population | No. | Age | Allergen | Units | Levels | Specific atopy (%) |
Total atopy (%) |
% with doctor diagnosed asthma or “asthma” |
Comparisons of populations | |||||||||
Charpin et al 32 | Matigues (coast) | 693 | 9–11 | HDM group 1 | μg/g | 15.8 | 17 | 25 | 6 |
Briancon (Alps) | 150 | 9–11 | 0.36 | 4 | 26 | 4 | |||
Briancon (non-native) | 90 | 9–11 | 0.36 | 10 | – | 7 | |||
Woolcock et al 33 34 | Asaro Valley | 743 | >20 | HD mites | No/g | 283 | – | 24 | 0.3 |
Turner et al 35 | South Fore area | 736 | >20 | 1371 | – | Similar | 7 | ||
Peatet al 2 | Broken Hill | 794 | 8–11 | Der p 1 | μg/g | 0.7 | 13 | 37 | 30 |
Wagga Wagga | 850 | 8–11 | 1.4 | 21 | 40 | 29 | |||
Moree/Narrabi | 770 | 8–11 | 6.5 | 26 | 40 | 31 | |||
Sydney | 1339 | 8–11 | 22.5 | 34 | 42 | 24 | |||
Belmont | 926 | 8–11 | 35.7 | 30 | 39 | 38 | |||
Lismore | 805 | 8–11 | 47.8 | 29 | 35 | 31 | |||
Von Mutius et al 36 | Munich (W Germany) | 7445 | 9–11 | Der p 1 + Der f 13-150 | μg/g | 2 | 10 | 19 | 6 |
Leipzig (E Germany) | 1429 | 9–11 | Similar | 4 | 7 | 4 | |||
Nowak et al 37 | Hamburg (W Germany) | 3156 | 20–44 | Der p 1 + Der f 13-150 | μg/g | 2 | 14 | 36 | 14 |
Erfurt (E Germany) | 3272 | 20–44 | Similar | 10 | 30 | 6 | |||
Leung et al 38 | Hong Kong | 1062 | 12–18 | Der p 1 | ⩾10 μg/g | 69% | 55 | 58 | 7 |
Kota Kinabalu (Mal) | 409 | 12–18 | 60 | 64 | 3 | ||||
San Bu (S China) | 737 | 12–18 | 50% | 43 | 49 | 2 | |||
Wieringaet al 39 | Urban Antwerp | 319 | 20–44 | Der p 1 | >2 μg/g | 27% | 26 | – | 22 |
Suburban Antwerp | 337 | 20–44 | 42% | 17 | – | 9 | |||
Comparisons of time periods | |||||||||
Peat et al 40 | Belmont (1982) | 718 | 8–10 | HD mites | No/g | 225 | 21 | 28 | 9 |
Belmont (1992) | 873 | 8–10 | 1240 | Similar | 29 | 38 | |||
Wagga Wagga (1982) | 769 | 8–10 | 67 | 16 | 30 | 13 | |||
Wagga Wagga (1992) | 795 | 8–10 | 301 | Similar | 35 | 30 |
↵3-150 Based on Hirsch et al. 41