1. Factors associated with well‐controlled asthma—A cross‐sectional study.
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Lindgren, Helena, Hasselgren, Mikael, Montgomery, Scott, Lisspers, Karin, Ställberg, Björn, Janson, Christer, and Sundh, Josefin
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ASTHMA , *CROSS-sectional method , *OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases - Abstract
The present Global Initiative of Asthma (GINA) guidelines define asthma control as a combination of symptom control and risk-minimizing future adverse outcomes such as exacerbations.[1] Asthma symptom control can be assessed using the Asthma Control Test (ACT). ACT, Asthma Control Test. B, Proportions of patients with self-rated mild and moderate/severe asthma distributed over asthma symptom control according to ACT, and respectively over absence or presence of exacerbations previous six months. We conclude that only half of the patients have well-controlled asthma and that well-controlled asthma is inversely associated with self-assessed moderate/severe asthma disease severity, obesity, underweight, rhinitis and heart disease. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2020
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