• DOI:10.1586/17476348.2015.1000311
Corpus ID: 23213216

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

@article{Tan2015AgeofasthmaOA,
  title={Age-of-asthma onset as a determinant of different asthma phenotypes in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature},
  author={D. Tan and E. H. Walters and J. Perret and C. Lodge and A. Lowe and M. Matheson and S. Dharmage},
  journal={Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine},
  year={2015},
  volume={9},
  pages={109 - 123}
}

• D. Tan, E. H. Walters, +4 authors S. Dharmage
• Published 2015
• Medicine
• Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Age-of-asthma onset is often used to distinguish different adult asthma phenotypes; however, similarities and differences between early- and late-onset adult asthma have not been summarized to date. Of the 2921 records found, we identified 12 studies comparing early- and late-onset current asthma in adults. Age 12 was most commonly used to delineate the two age-of-onset phenotypes. Adults with early-onset current asthma were more likely to be atopic and had a higher frequency of asthma attacks… Expand

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