Multimorbidity in asthma, association with allergy, inflammatory markers and symptom burden, results from the Swedish GA² LEN study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asthma is common worldwide and a large part of subjects with asthma have concomitant allergic multimorbidity in the form of rhinitis and/or eczema.

Objective

The aim of this study is to investigate whether the presence of allergic multimorbidity in asthma relates to allergic sensitization, allergic and respiratory symptoms, quality of life, inflammatory markers, lung function, use of medication and background factors.

Methods

A total of 437 asthmatics from the (GA² LEN) cross-sectional survey in Sweden were grouped depending on the presence of rhinitis and/or eczema. The impact of allergic multimorbidity was assessed in terms of allergic sensitization, allergic and respiratory symptoms, quality of life, type-2 inflammatory markers (exhaled nitric

SUBMITTER: Blondal V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7983924 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature