Childhood factors that predict asthma in young adulthood
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Childhood factors that predict asthma in young adulthood.
Predicting adult asthma, using childhood characteristics, is important for advising on prognosis and, potentially, for secondary prevention. A novel use of multivariate likelihood ratios (LRs) to quantify prognosis is described here. Of 718 subjects of a community-based cohort, 575 (80%) members were recruited at age 8-10 yrs and were re-assessed 15-17 yrs later. At baseline, information about ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00046903