Effects of older age and age of asthma onset on clinical and inflammatory variables in severe refractory asthma

Asthma in the elderly as well as asthma of adult-onset has been associated with increased morbidity, but little is known specifically about the effects of age on clinical and inflammatory outcomes in severe refractory asthma. The aims of the study were to examine the effects of age [ < 65 versus ≥65 years] and age of onset of asthma [childhood-onset, < 18 versus adult-onset, ≥18 years] on clinical and inflammatory variables in patients with severe asthma.

Source: Respiratory Medicine CME - July 7, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Rekha Chaudhuri, Charles McSharry, Liam G. Heaney, Robert Niven, Christopher E. Brightling, Andrew N. Menzies-Gow, Christine Bucknall, Adel H. Mansur, Waiting Lee, Malcolm Shepherd, Mark Spears, Douglas C. Cowan, Holger Husi, Neil C. Thomson, on behalf of Source Type: research