M-A | Strength of association between comorbidities and asthma
13 Mar, 2023 | 15:01h | UTCSummary: The study investigated the strength of association between comorbidities and asthma, as the presence of comorbidities is related to poor asthma outcomes. A comprehensive literature search was conducted for observational studies reporting data on comorbidities in asthma and nonasthma populations.
A total of 5,493,776 subjects were analyzed, and several comorbidities were found to be strongly or very strongly associated with asthma and severe asthma, including allergic conjunctivitis, allergic rhinitis, bronchiectasis, hypertensive cardiomyopathy, nasal congestion, COPD, and other chronic respiratory diseases.
The study supports the relevance of individualized strategies for disease management that look beyond asthma and suggests a comprehensive approach should be used to assess whether poor symptom control is related to uncontrolled asthma or other underlying comorbidities.