Age-of-asthma onset as a determinant of different asthma phenotypes in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 109-123

  Tan, Daniel J ^a,b   Walters, Eugene Haydn ^b   Perret, Jennifer L ^a   Lodge, Caroline J ^a   Lowe, Adrian J ^a,c   Matheson, Melanie C ^a   Dharmage, Shyamali C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult asthma; age of onset; early onset; late onset; Phenotypes

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY MASS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; EMBASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LIFESTYLE; LUNG; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LUNG; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920992760     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17476348.2015.1000311     Document Type: Review

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