Longitudinal Asthma Patterns in Italian Adult General Population Samples: Host and Environmental Risk Factors.

ABSTRACT: Asthma patterns are not well established in epidemiological studies. To assess asthma patterns and risk factors in an adult general population sample. In total, 452 individuals reporting asthma symptoms/diagnosis in previous surveys participated in the AGAVE survey (2011-2014). Latent transition analysis (LTA) was performed to detect baseline and 12-month follow-up asthma phenotypes and longitudinal patterns. Risk factors associated with longitudinal patterns were assessed through multinomial logistic regression. LTA detected four longitudinal patterns: persistent asthma diagnosis with symptoms, 27.2%; persistent asthma diagnosis without symptoms, 4.6%; persistent asthma symptoms without diagnosis, 44.0%; and ex -asthma, 24.1%. The longitudinal patterns were differently associated with ast

SUBMITTER: Maio S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7696248 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature