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Aim: to evaluatewhethersubjectswithonlyasthmasymptomshavedifferent characteristicswithrespecttothosewhohavealsoasthmadiagnosisinanItalian generalpopulationsample. Methods: ongoing cross-sectionalItalianstudywithintheframeworkoftheEuro- pean UnionfundedprojectIMCA2(IndicatorsforMonitoringCOPDandAsthma in theEU)involving1000selectedsubjectslivinginPisa. An informationtechnologytooldevelopedbythecoordinatingcentre(IMIM, Barcelona)wasusedtoadministerquestionnairesonrespiratorysymptoms/diseases and riskfactors,andtorecordspirometricparameters. A MultinomialLogisticRegression(MLR)analysiswasperformedtoassessthe associationbetweenriskfactorsandpresenceofasthmadiagnosis(with/without symptoms)oronlyasthmasymptomsrepresentedbywheezing/whistling,dysp- noea 2ndlevel+,attacksofshortnessofbreathwithwheezesandnocturnalasthma attacks.Subjectswithneitherasthmadiagnosisnorsymptomswerethereference category.

Different features between subjects with asthma diagnosis and with only asthmatic symptoms

Cerrai S;Maio S;Baldacci S;Martini F;Angino A;Viegi G
2010

Abstract

Aim: to evaluatewhethersubjectswithonlyasthmasymptomshavedifferent characteristicswithrespecttothosewhohavealsoasthmadiagnosisinanItalian generalpopulationsample. Methods: ongoing cross-sectionalItalianstudywithintheframeworkoftheEuro- pean UnionfundedprojectIMCA2(IndicatorsforMonitoringCOPDandAsthma in theEU)involving1000selectedsubjectslivinginPisa. An informationtechnologytooldevelopedbythecoordinatingcentre(IMIM, Barcelona)wasusedtoadministerquestionnairesonrespiratorysymptoms/diseases and riskfactors,andtorecordspirometricparameters. A MultinomialLogisticRegression(MLR)analysiswasperformedtoassessthe associationbetweenriskfactorsandpresenceofasthmadiagnosis(with/without symptoms)oronlyasthmasymptomsrepresentedbywheezing/whistling,dysp- noea 2ndlevel+,attacksofshortnessofbreathwithwheezesandnocturnalasthma attacks.Subjectswithneitherasthmadiagnosisnorsymptomswerethereference category.
2010
Istituto di biomedicina e di immunologia molecolare - IBIM - Sede Palermo
Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica - IFC
Inglese
Annual Congress,20th European Respiratory Society
36
445s
1
Sì, ma tipo non specificato
18-22 september 2010
Barcelona, Spain
asthma
restricted
info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
Cerrai, S; Maio, S; Baldacci, S; Martini, F; Angino, A; Di Pede, F; Viegi, G
275
04 Contributo in convegno::04.03 Poster in Atti di convegno
7
04.03 Poster in Atti di convegno
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