Affiliation:
1. Section of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
Abstract
Follow-up letters were received from 336 asthmatic patients who had been examined at the Mayo Clinic 17 to 27 years previously. There was a ratio of two male patients to one female. The age of onset of asthma was less than 5 years in 65% of patients. Forty-eight per cent of patients reported that they had wheezing at the time of follow-up. There was essentially no difference between those who had an early onset of asthma and those who had a later onset. Of patients who had had associated eczema, 54% reported wheezing in the preceding year in contrast to 42% of those who had had no associated allergic disease. Of the group having had allergic rhinitis, 48% reported wheezing at the time of follow-up; this also was the average for the total group. When patients were divided into groups according to present age, a tendency was revealed for male patients to improve with age. This was not true of female patients.
Publisher
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Subject
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Cited by
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