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ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2015

The association between asthma and invasive pneumococcal disease: a nationwide study in Korea.

Byung Ok Kwak, Ji Tae Choung, Yong Mean Park

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Article in Journal of Korean medical science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Asthma is associated with increasedEuropean clinical respiratory journal · 2025
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  8. Prevalence, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Associated Factors ofThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Byung Ok KwakDepartment of Pediatrics, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-5527-0794
Ji Tae ChoungDepartment of Pediatrics, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Yong Mean ParkDepartment of Pediatrics, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-2586-584X
Konkuk University · KRKorea University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between asthma and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Korea. A retrospective population-based cohort study was conducted using the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment database 2010-2011. The subjects included 935,106 (2010) and 952,295 (2011), of whom 398 (2010) and 428 (2011) patients with IPD were identified. There was significant difference in the prevalence of IPD in patients with and without asthma (0.07% vs. 0.02% in 2010 and 0.08% vs. 0.01% in 2011; P<0.001). After adjusting for age and gender, patients with asthma showed over a three-fold increased risk of IPD compared with patients without asthma (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 3.90, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.02-5.03 in 2010 / aOR, 5.44; 95% CI, 4.10-7.22 in 2011; P<0.001). These findings were also significant in children (aOR, 2.08; 95% CI, 1.25-3.45 in 2010; P=0.005 / aOR, 3.26; 95% CI, 1.74-6.11 in 2011; P<0.001). Although diabetes mellitus was also significantly associated with IPD, relatively low ORs compared with those of asthma were noted (aOR, 1.85; 95% CI, 1.35-2.54 in 2010 / aOR, 2.40; 95% CI, 1.78-3.24 in 2011; P<0.001). Both children and adults with asthma are at increased risk of developing IPD.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAsthmaChildCohort StudiesDiabetes MellitusHeptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate VaccineHumansImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesInterleukin-1 Receptor-Associated KinasesMiddle AgedPneumococcal InfectionsPneumococcal VaccinesPrevalencePrimary Immunodeficiency Diseases13-valent pneumococcal vaccineHeptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate VaccineInterleukin-1 Receptor-Associated KinasesPneumococcal VaccinesAsthmaDiabetes MellitusInvasive Pneumococcal Disease

Identifiers

PMID25552884
PMCPMC4278028
OpenAlexW2053019465

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