Diseases with oral manifestations among adult asthmatics in Finland: a population-based matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Many comorbidities are associated with adult asthma and may exacerbate the asthma burden of disease. This study aims to investigate the risk for major oral diseases or oral-manifesting diseases in asthmatic compared with non-asthmatic adults.

Design

We conducted a population-based matched cohort study with a 13.8-year follow-up.

Setting

A baseline questionnaire was completed by participants in 1997 and follow-up data were extracted from the national hospital discharge registry of the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland from 1997 to 2014.

Participants

A total of 1394 adults with asthma were matched with 2398 adults without asthma based on sex, age and area of residence. Asthmatic adults were identified from the Drug Reimbursement Regi

SUBMITTER: Lemmetyinen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8720978 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature