Subtypes of asthma based on asthma control and severity: a latent class analysis

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• 作者：Elina M. S. Mäkikyrö ; Maritta S. Jaakkola ; Jouni J. K. Jaakkola
• 关键词：Asthma ; Epidemiologic study ; Latent class analysis ; Asthma subtypes ; Asthma control ; Asthma severity ; Determinant ; Risk factor
• 刊名：Respiratory Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：18
• 期：1
• 全文大小：577KB
• 刊物主题：Pneumology/Respiratory System;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1465-993X
• 卷排序：18

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BackgroundAsthma subtyping is a complex new field of study. Usually both etiological and outcome factors of asthma have been used simultaneously for subtyping thus making the interpretation of the results difficult. Identification of subtypes of asthma based on questionnaire data only will be useful for both treatment of asthma and for research. Our objective was to identify asthma subtypes that capture both asthma control and severity based on easily accessible variables.