Odds of COVID-19-associated asthma exacerbations in children higher during Omicron wave.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to determine the association of COVID-19 variant wave with asthma exacerbations in children with asthma.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of children in the Western Pennsylvania COVID-19 Registry (WPACR). We extracted data for all children in the WPACR with asthma and compared their acute clinical presentation and outcomes during the Pre-Delta (7/1/20-6/30/21), Delta (8/1/21-12/14/21), and Omicron (12/15/21-8/30/22) waves. We conducted multivariable logistic regression analyses of SARS-CoV-2-associated asthma exacerbations, adjusting for characteristics that have been associated with COVID-19 outcomes in prior studies.

Results

Among 573 children with asthma in the WPACR during the study period, the proportion of children w

SUBMITTER: Gaietto K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10592137 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature