Abstract

To explore the risk factors for allergic conjunctivitis (AC) in Chinese children. We recruited 176 children who suffered from AC and a control group comprising 131 normal subjects in southern China. Each participant completed a questionnaire and underwent multiple eye examinations and a skin prick test (SPT). The data of the questionnaire, the scores of the symptoms/signs and the results of the SPT were analysed. The rate of parental allergic history in the case group was much higher than that in the control group (P < 0.01). Compared with the control group, the case group was more likely to have other concomitant diseases (P < 0.01). The scores of ocular symptoms/signs had a significant correlation with the clinical duration of AC in the case group (P < 0.01). Children with other concomitant diseases or a parental allergic history were more likely to have AC.

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Title
A survey of allergic conjunctivitis in children in China
Author
Gao, Xu 1 ; Hong, Lan 1 ; Xiang, Qin 2 

 Bi Shan Hospital of Chongqing, Department of Ophthalmology, Chongqing, China 
 Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Department of Ophthalmology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Chongqing, China (GRID:grid.419897.a) (ISNI:0000 0004 0369 313X); China International Science and Technology Cooperation Basis of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China (GRID:grid.507984.7) (ISNI:0000 0004 1764 2990); Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Stem Cell Therapy, Chongqing, China (GRID:grid.507984.7) 
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2746829723
Copyright
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