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ReviewPostepy dermatologii i alergologii2014

Allergic diseases: the price of civilisational progress.

Krzysztof Rutkowski, Paweł Sowa, Joanna Rutkowska-Talipska, Stanisław Sulkowski, Ryszard Rutkowski

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Review in Postepy dermatologii i alergologii, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Air Pollution: Possible Interaction between the Immune and Nervous System?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  3. Early-life farm exposures and eczema among adults in the Agricultural Lung Health Study.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2022
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  8. A butterfly flaps its wings: Extinction of biological experience and the origins of allergy.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2020
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  10. Epidemiology of atopic dermatitis in Europe.Journal of drug assessment · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Krzysztof RutkowskiDepartment of Allergy, Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Head of Department: Dr P.W. Ewan FRCP, FRCPath.
Paweł SowaDepartment of Public Health, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. Head of Department: Prof. Andrzej Szpak MD, PhD.
Joanna Rutkowska-TalipskaDepartment of Rehabilitation, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. Head of Department: Prof. Anna Kuryliszyn-Moskal MD, PhD.
Stanisław SulkowskiDepartment of Pathomorphology, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. Head of Department: Prof. Andrzej Kemona MD, PhD.
Ryszard RutkowskiDepartment of Respiratory Diagnostic and Bronchoscopy, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. Head of Department: Prof. Zenon Siergiejko MD, PhD.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atopic disorders are a major global health problem. The prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis has been increasing over the last four decades, both in the industrialized and developing countries. It seems to be related to changes in the social structure, increasing industrialization, pollution and dietary changes. Many hypotheses link the allergy epidemic to stringent hygiene, dominance of a westernized lifestyle and an accelerated pace of life. Dietary antioxidants, lipids, sodium, vitamin D seem also to be implicated. We endeavour to review the most relevant theories with a special emphasis on the hygiene, antioxidative, lipid and air pollution hypotheses. It is however important to note that none of them explains all the aspects of unprecedented rise in the prevalence of allergic disorders. A complex interplay between host's immune response, invading pathogens, diversity of environmental factors and genetic background seems to be of a particular importance. Current allergy epidemic is multifactorial and basic and epidemiologic studies are warranted to further our understanding of this phenomenon.

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PMID25097472
PMCPMC4112251

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