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B Cvorisćec

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PubMed1995

Spirometric reference values in school children from Dalmatia.

Data on spirometric reference values in children are based on small, selected populations. We performed spirometric testing (forced vital capacity (FVC); forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1); forced mid-expiratory flow rate (FEF25-75%)) in 2,500 healthy nonsmoking school children (1,250 boys and 1,250 girls) in the region of Dalmatia, Croatia. Significantly higher FVC and FEV1 values were noted in boys. Standing and sitting heights correlated significantly with FVC and FEV1 in boys and girls. Regression equations were derived, utilizing the multiple linear regression analysis, for FVC, FEV1 and FEF25-75% related to five (sex, age, weight, standing and sitting heights) or three (sex, age and standing height) variables. The reference spirometric values in the Dalmatian school boys were in close agreement with Knudson et al., while the values in girls were closest to those of Knudson et al. and Cotes et al. It is suggested that for calculation of ventilatory reference values in boys and girls the age and the standing height should be used.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

[Pollinosis in the area of the Dalmatian, Istrian and Croatian coast with special emphasis on Parietariae pollen].

The distribution of pollen antigens of an area depends on geographic situation, climatic factors and vegetation. Geographic situation of examined area is in latitude from 42.5 degrees (Dubrovnik) to 45.5 degrees north (Rijeka), the climate is Mediterranean and botanically it is Eumediterranean area. In allergologic out-patient departments of Dubrovnik, Split, Sibenik, Zadar, Pula and Rijeka, 300 patients with pollinosis have been tested by the application of the prick method of group allergens of grass, tree and weed pollen, particularly of Parietariae (pellitory) pollen. The object of the investigation was to find out which pollen antigen is actual for the Adriatic area and distribution of Parietariae pollen, regarding the fact that it was almost the only cause of pollinosis in the south part of the Adriatic coast (Dubrovnik), Ninety healthy persons were also examined, 15 in each out-patient department, being the control. The results show that grass pollen is actual allergen in the north and middle Adriatic area, while in the south Adriatic it is without any importance. The number of people oversensitive to trees and weeds pollen is low. The oversensitiveness to Parietariae pollen appears all along the coast, its number decreasing from the south to the north. It is concluded that grass pollen is the main cause of pollinosis, in the area of the Croatian littoral and Istria, important in south and central Dalmatia and almost without importance in south Dalmatia. Parietariae pollen is actual allergen all along the coast, being almost the only cause of pollinosis in south Adriatic area.

Climate↗