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ArticlePediatric pulmonology2022

Factors associated with resolution of childhood asthma by the age of 17: Large cohort analysis.

Shmuel Goldberg, Elie Picard, Leon Joseph, Ron Kedem, Adir Sommer, Dorit Tzur, Shlomo Cohen

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Article in Pediatric pulmonology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shmuel GoldbergInstitute of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-4037-0447
Elie PicardInstitute of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-6796-3459
Leon JosephInstitute of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-2891-642X
Ron KedemMedical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Adir SommerMedical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Dorit TzurMedical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Shlomo CohenInstitute of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-0235-0779
Shaare Zedek Medical Center · ILIsrael Defense Forces Medical Corps · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMany children with asthma will become asymptomatic during adolescence. In this study, we evaluated factors associated with recovery from asthma by the age of 17.

methodsThe medical records of 17-year-old conscripts to the Israeli army with asthma were compared with the records of conscripts with rigorously diagnosed resolved asthma. We assessed the association between the following parameters and asthma resolution: body mass index (BMI), recurrent rhinitis, birth season, socioeconomic level, and cognition.

resultsSixty-eight thousand and ninety conscripts with active asthma were compared to 14,695 with resolved asthma. In univariate analysis, rhinitis, overweight, underweight, higher socioeconomic level, and lower cognitive score were associated with active asthma (p < 0.001 for both sexes), but not the season of birth. In multivariate analysis, only overweight, underweight, rhinitis, and lower cognitive score (p < 0.001 for both sexes) remained significantly associated with persistence of asthma.

conclusionsAlthough association does not prove causation, our finding is another reason to encourage adolescents with asthma to maintain a normal body weight. Prospective interventional studies are needed in order to decide whether changing weight to ensure BMI is within the ideal range and controlling rhinitis increases the odds of resolution of asthma in adolescence.

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