Prevalence of Self-reported Allergic and Non-allergic Rhinitis Symptoms in Stockholm: Relation to Age, Gender, Olfactory Sense and Smoking

Abstract

Both self-reported allergic rhinitis symptoms and non-allergic nasal symptoms are frequent in the population sample. Self-reported non-allergic nasal symptoms seem to occur independent of age and reduced olfactory sense is a common complaint among these subjects. The prevalence of self-reported allergic and non-allergic nasal symptoms did not differ much between men and women or between individuals with different smoking habits.