TY - JOUR
T1 - Early onset of allergic rhinitis and asthma in recent extra-European immigrants to Milan, Italy
T2 - The perspective of a non-governmental organisation
AU - Burastero, S. E.
AU - Masciulli, A.
AU - Villa, A. M.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Background: Allergy is determined by genetic and environmental factors. People immigrating from under-developed to industrialised countries are at higher risk of developing allergic diseases and immigration is as a good epidemiological model to quantify the influence of the environment.We performed the allergological assessment of 32,555 recent immigrants from different areas of the world to a polluted metropolitan area of Northern Italy. Methods: We evaluated time of onset of allergic rhinitis and/or asthma, sensitisations and clinical characteristics of 395 subjects (3.74 ± 2.94 yrs, mean ± SD) from four macro-areas (Asia, Africa, East-Europe, South America) arriving to Milan, Italy from June 2005 to June 2009. Data were compared with immigrants having access to the same medical facility for any medical problem and with resident Italians living in the same area. Results: Immigrants with allergic rhinitis and/or asthma days since arrival in Italy correlated with number of sensitisations (p=0.0030). Moreover, personal (2.02%) or familial (2.78%) history of allergic diseases was lower in allergic immigrants as compared to allergic residents (37.77 and 29.39%, respectively; p
AB - Background: Allergy is determined by genetic and environmental factors. People immigrating from under-developed to industrialised countries are at higher risk of developing allergic diseases and immigration is as a good epidemiological model to quantify the influence of the environment.We performed the allergological assessment of 32,555 recent immigrants from different areas of the world to a polluted metropolitan area of Northern Italy. Methods: We evaluated time of onset of allergic rhinitis and/or asthma, sensitisations and clinical characteristics of 395 subjects (3.74 ± 2.94 yrs, mean ± SD) from four macro-areas (Asia, Africa, East-Europe, South America) arriving to Milan, Italy from June 2005 to June 2009. Data were compared with immigrants having access to the same medical facility for any medical problem and with resident Italians living in the same area. Results: Immigrants with allergic rhinitis and/or asthma days since arrival in Italy correlated with number of sensitisations (p=0.0030). Moreover, personal (2.02%) or familial (2.78%) history of allergic diseases was lower in allergic immigrants as compared to allergic residents (37.77 and 29.39%, respectively; p
KW - Emigration and Immigration
KW - Hypersensitivity/ethnology
KW - Retrospective Studies
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aller.2010.07.004
DO - 10.1016/j.aller.2010.07.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 21146915
AN - SCOPUS:79960627992
VL - 39
SP - 232
EP - 239
JO - Allergologia et Immunopathologia
JF - Allergologia et Immunopathologia
SN - 0301-0546
IS - 4
ER -