[Prevalence of bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis in the adult population of St. Petersburg].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate prevalence of bronchial asthma (BA) and allergic rhinitis (AR) among adult population of St-Petersburg.


METHODS
Responders to ECRHS and B. Sibbald & E. Rink questionnaires who gave at least one positive answer were examined clinically, functionally and allergologically. A total of 3634 responders aged 16 to 98 years participated in the study.


RESULTS
By the answers of the responders prevalence of BA was 7.2%, of AR--9.9%. Such figures were much higher than official statistics. Atopic BA was most frequent among other types--64%.


CONCLUSIONS
It became evident that BA and AR in many cases are diagnosed late or are not recognized at all. This leads to growing number of patients with moderate and severe course of these diseases and deteriorates effectiveness of BA and AR treatment.
Fedoseev
G B
GB
Emel'ianov
A V
AV
Sergeeva
G R
GR
Ivanova
N I
NI
Zibrina
T M
TM
Maksimenko
I N
IN
Tsukanova
I V
IV
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology