Eun Lee, Eun Hee Rhee, Kyunghoon Kim, Hwan Soo Kim, Woo Kyung Kim, Dae Jin Song, Ji Soo Park, Young Yoo, Dong In Suh, Sungsu Jung, Ji-Sun Yoon, Seung Won Lee, Jin Tack Kim, Dae Hyun Lim, Hey Sung Baek, Meeyong Shin, Ji Won Kwon, Gwang Cheon Jang, Ju Hee Seo, Sung Il Woo, Hyung Young Kim, Youn Ho Shin, Ju Suk Lee, Hyeon-Jong Yang, Jinho Yu
BACKGROUND: There have been no investigations of longitudinal asthma trajectories based on asthma exacerbation frequency and medications required for asthma control in children. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the longitudinal asthma trajectories based on the exacerbation frequency throughout childhood and asthma medication ranks. METHODS: A total of 531 children aged 7-10 years were enrolled from the Korean childhood asthma study (KAS). Required asthma medications for control of asthma from 6 to 12 years of age asthma exacerbation from birth to 12 years of age were obtained from the Korean National Health Insurance System database...
June 9, 2023: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology