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Abstracts from the 10th Symposium of Experimental Rhinology and Immunology of the Nose (SERIN 2015)

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Acute and chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic rhinitis in relation to environment, comorbidity and ethnicity

Clinical and Translational Allergy volume 5, Article number: P26 (2015) Cite this article

Aims

This study was conducted to assess the relation between allergic rhinitis (AR), acute rhinosinusitis (ARS) and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and environment, comorbidity and ethnicity.

Methods

A posted GA2LEN screening questionnaire was sent to all those in a random sample of Dutch population (n=16700) in three different areas.

Results

The prevalence of ARS is significantly related to AR, a doctor’s diagnosis of CRS, urticaria, eczema, smoking, gender, ethnicity and age. The prevalence of CRS is significantly related to AR, a doctor’s diagnosis of CRS, urticaria, adverse response to painkiller, smoking, ethnicity, asthma and age. The prevalence of AR is significantly related to a doctor’s diagnosis of CRS, urticaria, eczema, adverse response to painkillers, smoking, occupation, ethnicity, asthma, age, CRS and ARS

Conclusion

Some environmental factors, comorbidity and ethnicity are positively or negatively related to AR, ARS and CRS. Place of residence in the Netherlands is not related to the prevalence of these diseases.

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  1. Academic Medical Centre, otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Ruth Hoffmans, Deniz Hastan, Kees van Drunen & Wytske Fokkens

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Hoffmans, R., Hastan, D., van Drunen, K. et al. Acute and chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic rhinitis in relation to environment, comorbidity and ethnicity. Clin Transl Allergy 5 (Suppl 4), P26 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/2045-7022-5-S4-P26

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Clinical and Translational Allergy

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