Child patterns can predict adult asthma
7 March 2003
A long-term Melbourne study of 400 people has confirmed that the pattern of childhood asthma predicts outcome in adulthood.
Most children who had persistent asthma when they were 7 years old still had symptoms when they were 42 years old. They also had reduced lung function.
But those people who had intermittent symptoms associated with respiratory tract infections at 7 years of age were generally free of symptoms by middle age.
The few who had mild, intermittent symptoms at 42 years of age had normal lung function (British Medical Journal 2003; 326: 422-23).
Last Reviewed: 07 March 2003
- 1. Medical Observer Weekly 7/3/03
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