Associated Factors for Asthma Severity in Korean Children: A Korean Childhood Asthma Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Childhood asthma has a considerable social impact and economic burden, especially in severe asthma. This study aimed to identify the proportion of childhood asthma severity and to evaluate associated factors for greater asthma severity.

Methods

This study was performed on 667 children aged 5-15 years with asthma from the nationwide 19 hospitals in the Korean childhood Asthma Study (KAS). Asthma was classified as mild intermittent, mild persistent, and moderate/severe persistent groups according to the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program recommendations. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to identify the associated factors for greater asthma severity.

Results

Mild persistent asthma was most prevalent (39.0%), followed by mild intermit

SUBMITTER: Lee E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6875483 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature