Christina Bal, Wolfgang Pohl, Katrin Milger, Dirk Skowasch, Christian Schulz, Monika Gappa, Cordula Koerner-Rettberg, Margret Jandl, Olaf Schmidt, Sonja Zehetmayer, Christian Taube, Eckard Hamelmann, Roland Buhl, Stephanie Korn, Marco Idzko
BACKGROUND: Asthma is increasingly recognized as heterogeneous, characterized by different endotypes, with obesity not only a distinct phenotype but a risk factor for severe asthma. OBJECTIVE: We sought to understand the associations of obesity with relevant parameters of severe asthma, including asthma control, disease burden, and lung function. METHODS: The German Asthma Net registry is a multicenter international real-life registry capturing long-term follow-up data...
November 2023: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in Practice