Prevalence of allergic rhinitis and asthma in Poland in relation to pollen counts

Agnieszka Lipiec; Adam Sybilski; Piotr Rapiejko; Konrad Furmańczyk; Andrzej Namysłowski; Wojciech Zieliński; Małgorzata Malkiewicz; Daria Bilińska; Kazimiera Chłopek; Bolesław Samoliński

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Original paper

Prevalence of allergic rhinitis and asthma in Poland in relation to pollen counts

Agnieszka Lipiec

¹

,

Adam Sybilski

^{1, 2}

,

Piotr Rapiejko

³

,

Konrad Furmańczyk

^{1, 4}

,

Andrzej Namysłowski

¹

,

Wojciech Zieliński

^{1, 5}

,

Małgorzata Malkiewicz

⁶

,

Daria Bilińska

⁷

,

Kazimiera Chłopek

⁸

,

Bolesław Samoliński

¹

Department of the Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Department of Peadiatric and Neonatology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affair, Warsaw, Poland
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Applied Informatics and Mathematics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Department of Econometrics and Statistics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Laboratory of Paleobotany, Department of Stratigraphical Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
Department of Climatology and Atmosphere Protection, Institute of Geography and Regional Development, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
Department of Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland

Adv Dermatol Allergol 2020; XXXVII (4): 540-547

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2019.83624

Online publish date: 2019/03/27

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Lipiec A, Sybilski A, Rapiejko P, et al. Prevalence of allergic rhinitis and asthma in Poland in relation to pollen counts. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii. 2020;37(4):540-547. doi:10.5114/ada.2019.83624.

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Lipiec, A., Sybilski, A., Rapiejko, P., Furmańczyk, K., Namysłowski, A.,  & Zieliński, W. et al. (2020). Prevalence of allergic rhinitis and asthma in Poland in relation to pollen counts. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii, 37(4), 540-547. https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2019.83624

Chicago

Lipiec, Agnieszka, Adam Sybilski, Piotr Rapiejko, Konrad Furmańczyk, Andrzej Namysłowski, Wojciech Zieliński,  and Małgorzata Malkiewicz et al. 2020. "Prevalence of allergic rhinitis and asthma in Poland in relation to pollen counts". Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii 37 (4): 540-547. doi:10.5114/ada.2019.83624.

Harvard

Lipiec, A., Sybilski, A., Rapiejko, P., Furmańczyk, K., Namysłowski, A., Zieliński, W., Malkiewicz, M., Bilińska, D., Chłopek, K.,  and Samoliński, B. (2020). Prevalence of allergic rhinitis and asthma in Poland in relation to pollen counts. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii, 37(4), pp.540-547. https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2019.83624

MLA

Lipiec, Agnieszka et al. "Prevalence of allergic rhinitis and asthma in Poland in relation to pollen counts." Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii, vol. 37, no. 4, 2020, pp. 540-547. doi:10.5114/ada.2019.83624.

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Lipiec A, Sybilski A, Rapiejko P, Furmańczyk K, Namysłowski A, Zieliński W et al. Prevalence of allergic rhinitis and asthma in Poland in relation to pollen counts. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii. 2020;37(4):540-547. doi:10.5114/ada.2019.83624.

Introduction
Despite the known role of pollen allergens in causing allergy symptoms in sensitized individuals, there are few publications investigating the relationship between pollen exposure in different regions and the prevalence of inhalant allergy.

Aim
To assess the association between the prevalence of allergic rhinitis and asthma and the degree of exposure to pollen in various regions of Poland.

Material and methods
Completed questionnaires of 9,443 subjects living in four urban centres (Wroclaw, Katowice, Warsaw, Bialystok), collected within part of the ECAP project, were analyzed. Children aged 6–7 (n = 2 278), adolescents aged 13–14 (n = 2 418), and adults aged 20–44 (n = 4 747) constituted 24.2%, 25.6% and 50.3% of the respondents, respectively. The clinical part (including skin prick tests, an assay of Timothy grass-specific IgE), was attended by 24% of the respondents. Data from 6-year pollen monitoring served to characterize birch and grass pollen seasons.

Results
We found insignificant negative associations between the duration of birch pollen season and the prevalence of declared allergic rhinitis and asthma during the season across all age groups. There were insignificant inverse associations between the number of days with above-threshold and high grass pollen concentrations, total grass pollen count and the prevalence of declared allergic rhinitis and asthma during the season across all age groups. Associations noted in the clinical part were also non-significant; however, these trends were not uniform across the age groups.

Conclusions
Our findings do not confirm the hypothesis of a positive association between pollen exposure and the prevalence of allergic rhinitis and asthma.

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Prevalence of allergic rhinitis and asthma in Poland in relation to pollen counts

Agnieszka Lipiec 1 , Adam Sybilski 1, 2 , Piotr Rapiejko 3 , Konrad Furmańczyk 1, 4 , Andrzej Namysłowski 1 , Wojciech Zieliński 1, 5 , Małgorzata Malkiewicz 6 , Daria Bilińska 7 , Kazimiera Chłopek 8 , Bolesław Samoliński 1

allergic rhinitis, asthma, pollen count

Agnieszka Lipiec

¹

,

Adam Sybilski

^{1, 2}

,

Piotr Rapiejko

³

,

Konrad Furmańczyk

^{1, 4}

,

Andrzej Namysłowski

¹

,

Wojciech Zieliński

^{1, 5}

,

Małgorzata Malkiewicz

⁶

,

Daria Bilińska

⁷

,

Kazimiera Chłopek

⁸

,

Bolesław Samoliński

¹