Trends in allergy prevalence among children aged 0-17 years by asthma status, United States, 2001-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Children with asthma and allergies--particularly food and/or multiple allergies-are at risk for adverse asthma outcomes. This analysis describes allergy prevalence trends among US children by asthma status.

Methods

We analyzed 2001-2013 National Health Interview Survey data for children aged 0-17 years. We estimated trends for reported respiratory, food, and skin allergy and the percentage of children with one, two, or all three allergy types by asthma status. We estimated unadjusted trends, and among children with asthma, adjusted associations between demographic characteristics and allergy.

Results

Prevalence of any allergy increased by 0.3 percentage points annually among children without asthma but not among children with asthma. However, underlying pat

SUBMITTER: Akinbami LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4838518 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature