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Demographic characteristics
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Age (years), mean (SD)
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28.0 (14.6)
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Age groups, No. (%)
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Children (≤ 14 years)
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28 (27.7)
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Adults (> 14 years)
|
73 (72.3)
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Gender, No. (%)
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Female
|
48 (47.5)
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Male
|
53 (52.5)
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Clinical characteristics
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Time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis (years), mean (SD)
|
8.6 (7.1)
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Frequency of symptoms, No. (%)
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Perennial
|
69 (68.3)
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Seasonal
|
32 (31.7)
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Respiratory allergic diseasea, No. (%)
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|
Rhinitis
|
74 (74.7)
|
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Asthma
|
2 (2.0)
|
|
Rhinitis and asthma
|
23 (23.2)
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Severity of rhinitis, No. (%)
|
|
Mild intermittent
|
28 (29.5)
|
|
Mild persistent
|
31 (32.6)
|
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Moderate-severe intermittent
|
7 (7.4)
|
|
Moderate-severe persistent
|
29 (30.5)
|
|
Severity of asthma, No. (%)
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|
Mild intermittent
|
14 (56.0)
|
|
Mild persistent
|
4 (16.0)
|
|
Moderate intermittent
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0 (0.0)
|
|
Moderate persistent
|
7 (28.0)
|
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Food allergy, No. (%)
|
7 (6.9)
|
|
History of previous allergy, No. (%)
|
9 (9.0)
|
|
Family history of allergy, No. (%)
|
41 (41.0)
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