The Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergy in Children Living in an Urban Agglomeration—Is There a Current Relationship?
Atopic dermatitis (AD) prevalence in Poland is more frequent in individuals who live in a city. There are more studies demonstrating that long-term exposure to air pollutants is an independent risk factor for developing AD. The aim of the study was to assess the epidemiology of AD and food allergy (...
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| description | Atopic dermatitis (AD) prevalence in Poland is more frequent in individuals who live in a city. There are more studies demonstrating that long-term exposure to air pollutants is an independent risk factor for developing AD. The aim of the study was to assess the epidemiology of AD and food allergy (FA) in school children and adolescents living in Krakow, and to find a potential relationship between the incidence of atopic dermatitis with exposure to polluted air. In this paper, we presented the incidence of AD and FA between 2014 and 2018. We analyzed data collected from nearly 30,000 children aged 7–8 and adolescents aged 16–17 from the population of children and youth in Krakow. We correlated it with annual mean concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5, which indicated a gradual improvement in the air quality in Krakow. As our research results show that the prevalence of atopic dermatitis decreased with food allergy prevalence depending on the age group. We can suspect that this is the result of children growing out of a food allergy. It may be also influenced by more consequential eating habits in a group of adolescents and the elimination of allergenic foods from the diet. The decreasing incidence of atopic dermatitis appears to be also related to improvement in air quality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc9041da7235447f82e464452641f1612023-11-19T11:20:07ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832023-09-011218598210.3390/jcm12185982The Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergy in Children Living in an Urban Agglomeration—Is There a Current Relationship?Marcel Mazur0Wojciech Dyga1Ewa Czarnobilska2Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Botaniczna St. 3, 31-501 Krakow, PolandDepartment of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Botaniczna St. 3, 31-501 Krakow, PolandDepartment of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Botaniczna St. 3, 31-501 Krakow, PolandAtopic dermatitis (AD) prevalence in Poland is more frequent in individuals who live in a city. There are more studies demonstrating that long-term exposure to air pollutants is an independent risk factor for developing AD. The aim of the study was to assess the epidemiology of AD and food allergy (FA) in school children and adolescents living in Krakow, and to find a potential relationship between the incidence of atopic dermatitis with exposure to polluted air. In this paper, we presented the incidence of AD and FA between 2014 and 2018. We analyzed data collected from nearly 30,000 children aged 7–8 and adolescents aged 16–17 from the population of children and youth in Krakow. We correlated it with annual mean concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5, which indicated a gradual improvement in the air quality in Krakow. As our research results show that the prevalence of atopic dermatitis decreased with food allergy prevalence depending on the age group. We can suspect that this is the result of children growing out of a food allergy. It may be also influenced by more consequential eating habits in a group of adolescents and the elimination of allergenic foods from the diet. The decreasing incidence of atopic dermatitis appears to be also related to improvement in air quality.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/18/5982epidemiologyatopic dermatitisfood allergyair pollution |
| spellingShingle | Marcel Mazur Wojciech Dyga Ewa Czarnobilska The Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergy in Children Living in an Urban Agglomeration—Is There a Current Relationship? Journal of Clinical Medicine epidemiology atopic dermatitis food allergy air pollution |
| title | The Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergy in Children Living in an Urban Agglomeration—Is There a Current Relationship? |
| title_full | The Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergy in Children Living in an Urban Agglomeration—Is There a Current Relationship? |
| title_fullStr | The Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergy in Children Living in an Urban Agglomeration—Is There a Current Relationship? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergy in Children Living in an Urban Agglomeration—Is There a Current Relationship? |
| title_short | The Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergy in Children Living in an Urban Agglomeration—Is There a Current Relationship? |
| title_sort | prevalence of atopic dermatitis and food allergy in children living in an urban agglomeration is there a current relationship |
| topic | epidemiology atopic dermatitis food allergy air pollution |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/18/5982 |
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