Age- and sex-specific prevalence of chronic comorbidity in adult patients with asthma: A real-life study.

ABSTRACT: The presence of comorbidity can be associated with poorer asthma outcomes. Previous prevalence studies focused on a limited selection of comorbid conditions in asthma only. We aimed to determine age- and sex-specific prevalence estimates for the full range of chronic comorbid conditions in adult asthma patients by performing a retrospective cohort study based on 32,787 medical records of patients aged ≥16 years with asthma from 179 general practices in the Netherlands. Age- and sex-specific prevalence estimates of 76 chronic comorbidities and 14 disease categories based on International Classification of Primary Care codes were determined. Chronic comorbidity was present in 65.3% of male asthma patients and 72.8% of female asthma patients, with female patients having a higher mean (SD) of

SUBMITTER: Veenendaal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6488608 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature