Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2004
Bronchial hyper-responsiveness to hypertonic saline and blood eosinophilic markers in 8-13-year-old schoolchildren.
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de Meer G, Postma D S, Janssen N A H, de Jongste J C, Brunekreef B
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BACKGROUND: In adult asthma, bronchial hyper-responsiveness (BHR) to indirect stimuli reflects eosinophilic activation more closely than BHR to stimuli that directly cause smooth muscle contraction.
AIM: To assess the relationship between BHR to the indirect stimulus hypertonic saline (HS), blood eosinophil numbers, and serum eosinophilic cationic protein (ECP) in children with and without current wheeze.
METHODS: A cross-sectional survey among 8-13-year-old schoolchildren, using the International Study of Asthma and Allergic disease in Childhood questionnaire, bronchial challenge with HS, skin prick tests, serum IgE, blood eosinophil counts and ECP (in a subset). Based upon the presence of current wheeze (WHE) and BHR, we defined three case groups (WHE+BHR+, WHE-BHR+, WHE+BHR-) and the reference group (WHE-BHR-). By regression analyses, each case group was compared with the reference group for differences in atopic sensitization, blood eosinophil counts and serum ECP.
RESULTS: Complete data were obtained for 470 children. BHR was present in 103 children (22%), 66 being asymptomatic and 37 symptomatic. Children of all three case groups were more often atopic. Sensitization to indoor allergens particularly occurred in children with BHR, irrespective of symptoms (P < 0.05). Children with WHE+BHR+ had highest values for blood eosinophils and serum ECP (P < 0.05). Children with WHE-BHR+ had less severe responsiveness. In atopic children with WHE-BHR+, serum ECP was higher than in children with WHE-BHR-(P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: BHR to HS is associated with blood markers of eosinophilic activation, particularly in atopic children.
AIM: To assess the relationship between BHR to the indirect stimulus hypertonic saline (HS), blood eosinophil numbers, and serum eosinophilic cationic protein (ECP) in children with and without current wheeze.
METHODS: A cross-sectional survey among 8-13-year-old schoolchildren, using the International Study of Asthma and Allergic disease in Childhood questionnaire, bronchial challenge with HS, skin prick tests, serum IgE, blood eosinophil counts and ECP (in a subset). Based upon the presence of current wheeze (WHE) and BHR, we defined three case groups (WHE+BHR+, WHE-BHR+, WHE+BHR-) and the reference group (WHE-BHR-). By regression analyses, each case group was compared with the reference group for differences in atopic sensitization, blood eosinophil counts and serum ECP.
RESULTS: Complete data were obtained for 470 children. BHR was present in 103 children (22%), 66 being asymptomatic and 37 symptomatic. Children of all three case groups were more often atopic. Sensitization to indoor allergens particularly occurred in children with BHR, irrespective of symptoms (P < 0.05). Children with WHE+BHR+ had highest values for blood eosinophils and serum ECP (P < 0.05). Children with WHE-BHR+ had less severe responsiveness. In atopic children with WHE-BHR+, serum ECP was higher than in children with WHE-BHR-(P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: BHR to HS is associated with blood markers of eosinophilic activation, particularly in atopic children.