Investigation of skin prick test on 2707 patients with allergic rhinitis in Wuhan area

Abstract To investigate the distribution of common allergens in patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) from 2006 to 2010 in Wuhan area, and provide the objective evidence for the prevention and treatment of AR. The medical records of skin prick test (SPT) performed on 2707 AR patients from 2006 to 2010 were restrospectively analysed, and the positive rate of different allergens and changing trends in this time were compared. SPSS 17.0 software was used to analyse the data. There were significant differences among the Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus positive rate (χ(2) = 12.11, P