Multiple logistic regression analysis of risk factors for the development of steroid-dependent asthma in the elderly: A comparison with younger asthmatics

Respiration

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-40

  Ishioka, Shinichi ^a   Terada, Michikazu ^a   Haruta, Yoshinori ^a   Hiyama, Keiko ^a   Hozawa, Soichiro ^a   Yamakido, Michio ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Elderly; Multiple logistic regression analysis; Smoking; Steroid dependent asthma

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASAL POLYPS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINUSITIS; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STEROIDS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0035115103     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050460     Document Type: Article

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