PREVALENCE OF ALLERGIC DISEASES IN CHILDREN IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL REGIONS OF EUROPEAN PART OF RUSSIA

Abstract

There has been done a comparative assessment of prevalence of the main symptoms of bronchial asthma (BA), allergic rhinitis (AR) and atopic dermatitis (AD) according to the standardized program «International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Children» (ISAAC) in children living in the northern and central regions of the European part of Russia. As pilot territories, there have been chosen the cities of Arkhangelsk and Kirov. There have been questioned 6 126 children aged 10-11 and 13-14 y.o., who were separated into two groups: the first group (n = 3 690, 1 813 boys and 1 877 girls) included the children living in Arkhangelsk. The second group (n = 2 436, 1 180 boys and 1 256 girls) included the schoolchildren from Kirov. The results of the study have detected high morbidity rates among the children’s population in Arkhangelsk and Kirov. The main symptoms of BA and AR among the children from the second group occurred more often than among the children from the first group. The symptoms of AD were observed more often in the representatives of the first group.