tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Risk factors for hospitalization among adults with asthma: the influence of sociodemographic factors and asthma severity"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học 'Respiratory Research cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài:Risk factors for hospitalization among adults with asthma: the influence of sociodemographic factors and asthma severity" | Available online http content 2 1 053 Primary research Risk factors for hospitalization among adults with asthma the influence of sociodemographic factors and asthma severity Mark D Eisner 1- Patricia P Katz Edward H Yelin Stephen C Shiboski and Paul D Blanc Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Department of Medicine University of California San Francisco California USA Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department of Medicine University of California San Francisco California USA institute for Health Policy Studies University of California San Francisco California USA Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics University of California San Francisco California USA Cardiovascular Research Institute University of California San Francisco California USA Correspondence Mark D Eisner MD MPH University of California San Francisco 350 Parnassus Avenue Suite 609 San Francisco CA 94117 USA. Tel 1 415 476 7351 fax 1 415 476 6426 e-mail eisner@ Received 25 July 2000 Revisions requested 23 October 2000 Revisions received 9 November 2000 Accepted 4 December 2000 Published 29 December 2000 Respir Res 2001 2 53-60 2001 Eisner et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd Print ISSN 1465-9921 Online ISSN 1465-993X Abstract Background The morbidity and mortality from asthma have markedly increased since the late 1970s. The hospitalization rate an important marker of asthma severity remains substantial. Methods In adults with health care access we prospectively studied 242 with asthma aged 18-50 years recruited from a random sample of allergy and pulmonary physician practices in Northern California to identify risk factors for subsequent hospitalization. Results Thirty-nine subjects 16 reported hospitalization for asthma during the 18-month follow-up period. On controlling for asthma severity in multiple logistic regression analysis non-white race odds ratio OR 95 confidence interval CI and lower income OR per .