Relationship between smoking habits and skin tests reactivity among adults
| Authors | [Ref.] | Subjects | Findings | Comments |
| Mensinga the Netherlands, 1990 | 45 | General population: 3,258 subjects aged 14–39 yrs | Inverse association between positive skin test reactivity and cigarette smoking in males but not in females | Scratch method |
| Nielsen Denmark, 1994 | 102 | General population: 793 subjects aged 15–69 yrs | Higher prevalence of positive SPT in nonsmokers than in current smokers, more marked in males | Lancet Adjusted for sex and age, exsmokers intermediate between nonsmokers and smokers for skin reactivity |
| Mensinga the Netherlands, 1994 | 40 | General population: 2,875 subjects aged 17–49 yrs | No association between SPT reactivity and smoking habits | Similar results in light and heavy smokers |
| Baldacci Italy, 1996 | 9 | General population: 2,649 subjects aged 8–75 yrs | No effect of smoking on SPT, but a trend in nonsmokers to have higher SPT positivity | |
| Wüthrich Switzerland, 1996 | 95 | General population: 8,344 subjects aged 18–60 yrs | Higher prevalence of positive SPT in nonsmokers than in current smokers | Difference between former smokers and nonsmokers, more pronounced in males |
SPT: skin prick test.