title: [Prevalence of allergens for Changsha patients with allergic rhinitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the allergens in patients with allergic rhinitis, to find common allergens of Changsha and to provide statistic basis for a reasonable prevention and treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  The allergens in 1437 patients with allergic rhinitis in Changsha were detected by skin prick test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eight hundred and ninety-eight (62.49%)of 1437 cases presented positive reaction. Among positive cases in inhalation group, the most common allergen was flour mite (98.33%), then were house dust mite (94.54%), mycetes II (19.27%) and weed (18.37%). Shrimp (35.41%) was the most common allergens in food group. And in childhood, adolescence and adulthood prick-positive cases, the ratio of more than 2 positive allergens were about 8.57%,18.04%, 19.15%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study shows that the flour mite and house dust mite are the most common allergens in Changsha.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Yunxia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Zhihai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Suping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yongzhen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Weihong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000485:Allergens / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008925:Mites; D015995:Prevalence; D039981:Pyroglyphidae; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012882:Skin Tests; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens