Relationship between Asthma in Children and Family History of Asthma
- VernacularTitle:小儿哮喘与家族哮喘的关系
- Author:
xiao-li, HUANG
;
hong-xia, WEN
;
xiao-xia, LU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
asthma;
family history;
genetic;
child
- From:Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2006;0(21):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the relationship between children history of asthma and family history of asthma.Methods Three thousand and five hundred outpatients of asthma children were selected as investigation subjects.Family history of asthma was investigated in the form of questionnaire,and analyzed them from whether or not having family history of asthma,the first and second degree relative having family history of asthma.Results There was no family history of asthma in 1 659 cases(47.4%) and while 1 841 cases had family history of asthma(52.6%).The children who had family history of asthma were slightly more than those who had no family history of asthma.Among the 1 841 cases with family history of asthma,the first degree relatives with family history of asthma were more than those second degree relatives with fa-mily history of asthma.The incidence rate of relatives with family history of asthma on mother′s side was 59.9%,and the incidence rate of the father′s relatives was 40.1%.The incidence rate of mother′s relatives was higher than that of father′s relatives(P
