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SUBMITTER: Tiotiu A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7908240 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tiotiu Angelica A Ioan Iulia I Wirth Nathalie N Romero-Fernandez Rodrigo R González-Barcala Francisco-Javier FJ
International journal of environmental research and public health 20210123 3
<b>Background</b>: Tobacco smoking is associated with more severe asthma symptoms, an accelerated decline in lung function, and reduced responses to corticosteroids. Our objective was to compare asthma outcomes in terms of disease control, exacerbation rates, and lung function in a population of asthmatic patients according to their smoking status. <b>Methods</b>: We compared patients' demographics, disease characteristics, and lung-function parameters in current-smokers (CS, <i>n</i> = 48), for ...[more]