Open AccessEffects of Air Pollutant Exposure on Exacerbation Severity in Asthma Patients with or without Reversible Airflow Obstruction
Author(s) -
Wei Fang,
Yu Zhang,
Sinian Li,
Aiming Liu,
Jing Yin,
Dandan Chen,
Binbin Li,
ChengBao Yao,
Rongchang Chen,
Fei Shi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of asthma and allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.162
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-6965
DOI - 10.2147/jaa.s328652
Subject(s) - medicine , exacerbation , asthma , body mass index , logistic regression , air pollutants , copd , pulmonary function testing , airway obstruction , receiver operating characteristic , airway , surgery , air pollution , chemistry , organic chemistry
Reversible airflow obstruction (RO) and fixed airflow obstruction (FO) are two important clinical phenotypes of asthma. However, the relationship between air pollutant exposure and exacerbation of the two phenotypes is unknown.