Moderate-High Blood Eosinophilia Is Associated with Increased Hospitalization and Other Asthma Comorbidities.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Eosinophilia has traditionally been linked to eosinophilic asthma, for which it is the gold-standard prognostic biomarker. However, the association between eosinophilia and the presence of other diseases and comorbidities is yet unclear. (2) Methods: For this retrospective study, we reviewed the electronic medical records of 49,909 subjects with blood eosinophilia to gather data on the presence of asthma, COPD, sleep apnea, tuberculosis, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and other cardiovascular diseases and severe CRSwNP among these subjects. Demographic features including age, sex, and smoking habits were collected, as well as the number of hospitalizations and emergency department visits. T-tests, ANOVA, Fisher test, and logistic regression models were used. (3) Results: For a

SUBMITTER: Naharro-Gonzalez S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10813157 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature