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SUBMITTER: Tashkin DP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4162502 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tashkin Donald P DP Chipps Bradley E BE Trudo Frank F Zangrilli James G JG
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma 20140319 6
<h4>Background</h4>The role of fixed airflow obstruction (FAO) in asthma is unclear.<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the relationship between FAO and clinical features of asthma and the effect of FAO on treatment response.<h4>Methods</h4>Post hoc descriptive analysis of data stratified by FAO category (screening post-albuterol FEV1/FVC <lower limit of normal [LLN] [FAO+] or ≥LLN [FAO-]) from two 12-week, randomized, placebo-controlled studies of budesonide/formoterol or the monocomponents in mild-mod ...[more]