title: Association of Allergic Rhinitis and Sinusitis with Childhood Asthma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the point prevalence of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis in childhood asthma and to examine the relationship among them.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 250 children (age <13 y) with mild-to-moderte asthma, allergic rhinitis was diagnosed by clinical plus nasal eosinophilia criteria, and sinusitis was diagnosed clinically plus confirmation by computerized tomography scan.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The point prevalence of allergic rhinitis was 13.6%, and of sinusitis was 2%. On multivariate analysis, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, and family history were significantly associated with asthma severity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Allergic rhinitis is common in childhood asthama, but sinusitis is rare.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics and *Radiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh; and #Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar; India. Correspondence to: Dr Meenu Singh, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160 012, India. meenusingh4@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Selva Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chinnakkannan
authors.forename: Meenu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Rashmi Ranjan
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.forename: Akshay Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saxena
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004802:Eosinophilia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015995:Prevalence; D065631:Rhinitis, Allergic / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*