Open AccessResurvey of symptomatics of the Jaipur district population and suggestion for alternative diagnostic criteria of asthma for epidemiological surveys
Author(s) -
Prahlad Gupta,
Ankit Bansal,
Anupam Singh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.173053
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , epidemiology , odds ratio , population , odds , pediatrics , demography , family medicine , environmental health , logistic regression , sociology
The prevalence of asthma in Jaipur district of Rajasthan was reported as 0.96% in an earlier survey. It was far below the national average of 2.38%. It was reasoned then that this could be due to under diagnosis of asthma in the Jaipur population.