… asthma trends in relation to Africa and parts of Asia. There is no overall global downward trend
in the prevalence of asthma… In the rest of Europe, an increase in asthma prevalence using …

… atopy and home condition effect on prevalence of asthma and allergic symptoms. In this
study prevalence of asthma correlated with the studies reporting low prevalence rates of Turkey. …

… to document the asthma prevalence in Asia for international comparison… asthma prevalence
is generally less than 5% in most Asian countries, which is considerably lower than in Europe…

… asthma, but significant increases were also noted in Asia and eastern Europe, which had a
much lower baseline prevalence. … prevalence of asthma symptoms, irrespective of an asthma …

… and Western Europe and increases in prevalence in regions where … in asthma symptom
prevalence in Africa, Latin America and parts of Asia indicate that the global burden of asthma is …

… If we extrapolate previous findings from Asian children or the European Community … Finally,
we identified 42 original studies reporting the asthma prevalence in Asian adults. Outcomes …

… comparisons of asthma prevalence, particularly those from the European Community … living
in the Southeast Asian region, in which the lowest prevalence of asthma was observed in the …

… Global Burden of Disease estimates of asthma prevalence … asthma prevalence and trends
is needed; the Global Asthma … and parts of Asia), indicating that the global burden of asthma is …

… % (95% CI = 9.0-14.1), but the lowest in South-East Asia Region (8.8, 95% CI = 7.0-11.0). …
The high burden of asthma (15% of global DALYs) reported in Europe over the years [24] has …

… prevalence to European children but children born outside England in the West Indies or in
Asia had a significantly lower prevalence of asthma … Asian children, however, appeared to …