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Diagnosis of asthma and allergic rhinitis (AR) |
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| Europe (n = 809) |
Asia-Pacific region (n = 810) |
Adults (n = 813) |
Children (n = 806) |
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| Mean age (years) when asthma was diagnosed |
13.2 |
13.2 |
21.2* |
5.1 |
| Mean age (years) when AR was diagnosed |
13.5 |
13.3 |
21.7* |
5.5 |
| Percentage of patients already experiencing AR symptoms at the time of diagnosis of asthma |
69* |
77 |
69* |
76 |
| Percentage of patients who had diagnosis of AR |
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| By a physician |
84* |
78 |
77* |
84 |
| By a pharmacist |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| By a Chinese herbalist |
0* |
6 |
4 |
2 |
| Not diagnosed by healthcare provider |
15 |
15 |
18* |
13 |
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*Significant (P ≤ 0.05) difference between Europe and the Asia-Pacific region or between adults and children. | ||||
Valovirta and Pawankar BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2006 6(Suppl 1):S3 doi:10.1186/1471-2466-6-S1-S3 |
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