Longitudinal Trajectories of Asthma and Allergic Comorbidities in the Korean Childhood Asthma Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Studies on the longitudinal clinical features of asthma or allergic comorbidities in children are limited. We aimed to examine the trajectories of asthma and allergic comorbidities and determine whether these trajectories differ according to clinical asthma phenotypes from birth to adolescence.

Methods

We enrolled 958 children with physician-diagnosed asthma from the Korean childhood Asthma Study (KAS) cohort. Children with asthma were classified using hierarchical cluster analysis. Information on the diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases before cohort entry was collected through linkage with national claims data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.

Results

In the KAS cohort, approximately half had a history of atopic dermatitis (AD)

SUBMITTER: Yoon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11791365 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature