multicentric cross-sectional study in children

The Prevalence And Risk Factors of Allergies in Turkey (PARFAIT) study was planned to evaluate prevalence and risk factors of asthma and allergic diseases and also to find out which geographical variables and/or climatic conditions play a role determining the prevalence of allergic diseases in Turkish school children. Study was planned as cross-sectional questionnaire-based. About 25,843 questionnaires from 14 centers were appropriate for analysis. Parental history of allergy, having an atopic sibling and other atopic disease in index case was significant risk factors for all allergic diseases. Breast feeding decreased the risk of current asthma (OR: 0.92, CI: 0.86-0.99) and wheezing (OR: 0.93, CI: 0.87-0.99) but not allergic rhinitis and eczema. Respiratory infection in the past was an important risk factor for the occurrence of allergic diseases especially for asthma which was increased 4.53-fold. Children exposed to household smoke were significantly at higher risk of asthma, wheezing, and allergic rhinitis (OR: 1.20, CI: 1.08-1.33; OR: 1.21, CI: 1.09-1.34; and OR: 1.32, CI: 1.21-1.43, respectively). All allergic diseases were increased in those children living in areas which have altitude of below 1000 m and mean yearly atmospheric pressure above 1000 mb. The study has suggested that household and country-specific environmental factors are associated with asthma, wheezing, allergic rhinitis, and eczema risk during childhood in Turkey.C1 Eskisehir Osmangazi Univ, Asthma & Allergy Working Grp Turkish Thorac Soc, Eskisehir, Turkey.Eskisehir Osmangazi Univ, Dept Publ Hlth, Eskisehir, Turkey.Kocaeli Univ, Dept Pulm Dis, Kocaeli, Turkey.Abant Izzet Baysal Univ, Dept Pulm Dis, Duzce, Turkey.Celal Bayar Univ, Dept Pulm Dis, Manisa, Turkey.Ondokuz Mayis Univ, Dept Publ Hlth, Samsun, Turkey.Firat Univ, Dept Pulm Dis, Elazig, Turkey.Afyon Kocatepe Univ, Dept Pulm Dis, Afyton, Turkey.Ataturk Univ, Dept Pulm Dis, Erzurum, Turkey.Uludag Univ, Dept Pulm Dis, Bursa, Turkey.Yuzuncu Yil Univ, Dept Internal Med, Van, Turkey.Pamukkale Univ, Dept Pulm Dis, Denizli, Turkey.Acibadem Hosp, Istanbul, Turkey.State Hosp, Tarsus, Turkey.Suleyman Demirel Univ, Dept Pulm Dis, Isparta, Turkey

Immunization status in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A multicenter study from Turkey

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to detect the prevalence and the factors associated with influenza and pneumococcal vaccination and outcomes of vaccination during 2013-2014 season in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Turkey