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SUBMITTER: Lin YC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5719310 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Yu-Chieh YC Lai Chih-Cheng CC Chien Chih-Chiang CC Chen Chin-Ming CM Chiang Shyh-Ren SR Ho Chung-Han CH Weng Shih-Feng SF Cheng Kuo-Chen KC
BMJ open 20171128 11
<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine whether insomnia at baseline is a risk factor for new-onset asthma.<h4>Methods</h4>We recruited 48 871 patients with insomnia (insomnia group) newly diagnosed between 2002 and 2007, and 97 742 matched controls without insomnia (control group) from Taiwan's Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. All of the patients were followed up for 4 years to see whether new-onset asthma developed. Patients with previous asthma or insomnia were excluded. The Poisson regre ...[more]