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Yang L, Gao K, Gong W, Li C, Chen N, Li T, Wang S, Ni J, Yang J. Sources of Allergens Detected Through Allergen-Specific Serum IgE Antibody Test in Children with Suspected Allergic Diseases in Central China. J Asthma Allergy 2024; 17:769-781. [PMID: 39157426 PMCID: PMC11328856 DOI: 10.2147/jaa.s469503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024] Open
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Purpose Although allergic diseases in children are on the rise, there has been no comprehensive investigation of the allergens affecting children with allergic diseases in central China. Therefore, we aimed to analyze the distribution of serum allergen species among children with allergic conditions in central China to inform the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood allergies. Patients and Methods A total of 9213 children (5543 males with 2.88 ± 0.04 years old and 3670 females with 2.91 ± 0.05 years old) underwent allergen screening, and serum allergen-specific IgE (sIgE) antibodies were detected using an automated fluorescent enzyme immunoassay system. Results Our findings revealed a total sIgE-positive rate (sIgE-PR) of 57.83%, with mixed food (42.10%), egg whites (30.83%), milk (28.97%), mixed dust mites (24.57%), and mixed molds (23.20%) being the most prevalent source of allergens. The sIgE-PR for common sources of allergens exhibited significant sex-based differences, with males having greater susceptibility than females (p<0.05). Dust mites were the primary source of inhaled allergens, whereas egg white was the predominant source of food allergens. Sources of food allergens were most dominant among infants (0-3 years old); sIgE-PRs for most source of food allergens decreased with age, whereas those for most source of inhaled allergens increased. The autumn sIgE-PRs for mixed molds, weed pollen combinations, and tree pollen combinations were significantly higher than those found in other seasons (p<0.05). Conclusion Our findings suggest that sources of allergens profiles in children with allergies vary across age groups and seasons. Understanding these patterns can improve the effective prevention of childhood allergies.
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- Liu Yang
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Children’s Infection and Immunity, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Children’s Infection and Immunity, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Children’s Infection and Immunity, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Children’s Infection and Immunity, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Children’s Infection and Immunity, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Children’s Infection and Immunity, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Children’s Infection and Immunity, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China
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- Research and Development Center, Guangdong Meilikang Bio-Science Ltd, Foshan, GuangdongPeople’s Republic of China
- Department of Detection and Diagnosis Technology Research, Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Children’s Infection and Immunity, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China
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Feng C, Shao Y, Ye T, Cai C, Yin C, Li X, Liu H, Ma H, Yu B, Qin M, Chen Y, Yang Y, Xu W, Zhu Q, Jia P, Yang S. Associations between long-term exposure to PM 2.5 chemical constituents and allergic diseases: evidence from a large cohort study in China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 904:166755. [PMID: 37659545 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Exposure to air pollutants may cause immune responses and further allergic diseases, but existing studies have mostly, if not all, focused on effects of short-term exposure to PM2.5 on allergic diseases. OBJECTIVES We estimated associations of long-term exposure to PM2.5 chemical constituents with allergic disease risks and effect modification. METHODS We used the baseline of a newly established, provincially representative cohort of 51,480 participants in southwest China. The presence of allergic rhinitis, allergic asthma, urticaria, and allergic conjunctivitis was self-reported by following a formed questionnaire in face-to-face interviews. The average concentrations of PM2.5 chemical constituents (NO3-, SO42-, NH4+, organic matter [OM], and black carbon [BC]) over participants' residence were estimated using machine learning models. Logistic regression with double robust estimator and weighted quantile sum regression were used to estimate the effects of PM2.5 chemical constituents on allergic disease risks, as well as relative importance of each PM2.5 chemical constituent. RESULTS Per interquartile range increase in the concentration of all PM2.5 chemical constituents was associated with the elevated risks for allergic asthma (OR = 1.79 [1.41-2.26]), allergic conjunctivitis (1.54 [1.19-2.00]), urticaria (1.36 [1.25-1.48]), and allergic rhinitis (1.18 [1.11-1.26]). NO3- contributed more to risks for allergic asthma (weight = 46.05 %), urticaria (72.29 %), and allergic conjunctivitis (47.65 %), while NH4+ contributed more to allergic rhinitis (78.07 %). OM contributed most to the risks for allergic asthma (30.81 %) and allergic conjunctivitis (31.40 %). BC was also associated with allergic rhinitis, urticaria, and allergic conjunctivitis, only with a considerable weight for urticaria (24.59 %). Joint effects of PM2.5 chemical constituents on risks for allergic rhinitis and urticaria were stronger in minorities and farmers than their counterparts. CONCLUSION Long-term exposure to PM2.5 chemical constituents was associated with the increased allergic disease risks, with NO3- and NH4+ accounting for the largest variance of the associations. Our findings would serve as scientific evidence for developing more explicit strategies of air pollution control.
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- Chuanteng Feng
- Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chengdu, China; West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; International Institute of Spatial Lifecourse Health (ISLE), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Respiratory department, Chengdu Seventh People's Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chengdu, China; West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; International Institute of Spatial Lifecourse Health (ISLE), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Hubei Luojia Laboratory, Wuhan, China; School of Public Health, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; International Institute of Spatial Lifecourse Health (ISLE), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Department of Health Management Center, Clinical Medical College & Affiliated Hospital, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
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Wang Q, Yang M, Pang B, Xue M, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Niu W. Predicting risk of overweight or obesity in Chinese preschool-aged children using artificial intelligence techniques. Endocrine 2022; 77:63-72. [PMID: 35583845 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-022-03072-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We adopted the machine-learning algorithms and deep-learning sequential model to determine and optimize most important factors for overweight and obesity in Chinese preschool-aged children. METHODS This is a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2020 at Beijing and Tangshan. Using a stratified cluster random sampling strategy, children aged 3-6 years were enrolled. Data were analyzed using the PyCharm and Python. RESULTS A total of 9478 children were eligible for inclusion, including 1250 children with overweight or obesity. All children were randomly divided into the training group and testing group at a 6:4 ratio. After comparison, support vector machine (SVM) outperformed the other algorithms (accuracy: 0.9457), followed by gradient boosting machine (GBM) (accuracy: 0.9454). As reflected by other 4 performance indexes, GBM had the highest F1 score (0.7748), followed by SVM with F1 score at 0.7731. After importance ranking, the top 5 factors seemed sufficient to obtain descent performance under GBM algorithm, including age, eating speed, number of relatives with obesity, sweet drinking, and paternal education. The performance of the top 5 factors was reinforced by the deep-learning sequential model. CONCLUSIONS We have identified 5 important factors that can be fed to GBM algorithm to better differentiate children with overweight or obesity from the general children, with decent prediction performance.
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- Qiong Wang
- Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
- Department of Pediatrics, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
- Department of Pediatrics, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
- Department of Pediatrics, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
- Department of Pediatrics, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
- Department of Pediatrics, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
- International Medical Services, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
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- Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
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