• 1. Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200080, P. R. China;
  • 4. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 410037, P. R. China;
  • 5. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P. R. China;
  • 6. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, P. R. China;
  • 7. Department of Respiratory Medicine, General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, P. R. China;
  • 8. Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, P. R. China;
  • 9. Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P. R. China;
  • 10. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Qinghai Provincial People’s Hospital, Xining, Qinghai 810007, P. R. China;
  • 11. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050000, P. R. China;
  • 12. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Inner Mongolia People’s Hospital, Huhhot, Inner Mongolia 010017, P. R. China;
  • 13. Department of Respiratory Medicine, People’s Hospital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830001, P. R. China;
  • 14. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710061, P. R. China;
  • 15. Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P. R. China;
  • 16. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 450003, P. R. China;
  • 17. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin 300192, P. R. China;
  • 18. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P. R. China;
  • 19. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Guizhou Provincial People’s Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou 550002, P. R. China;
  • 20. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, P. R. China;
  • 21. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, P. R. China;
  • 22. Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, P. R. China;
  • 23. Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P. R. China;
  • 24. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital of Centre-south University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, P. R. China;
  • 25. Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, P. R. China;
  • 26. Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P. R. China;
  • 27. Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650032, P. R. China;
  • 28. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750004, P. R. China;
  • 29. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hainan Provincial People’s Hospital, Haikou, Hainan 570031, P. R. China;
  • 30. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanxi Dayi Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030032, P. R. China;
LIN Jiangtao, Email: jiangtao_l@263.net
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Objective To investigate the disease severity and comorbidities in outpatient with asthma from urban area in China.Methods A face-to-face, questionnaire-based survey was carried out in outpatient department in 30 general hospitals from 30 provinces in China mainland except for Tibet during October 2015 to May 2016, and asthma patients who meet the including criteria were enrolled. Data of demographic characteristics, smoking status, disease severity, and comorbidities were collected.Results A total of 3 875 cases were included. According to GINA criteria, the proportion of diseases severity was as following: intermittent status 52.5% (2 033/3 875), mild persistent 24.5% (951/3 875), moderate persistent 16.9% (656/3 875), and severe persistent 6.1% (235/3 875). The overweight rate was 32.9% (1 274/3 875), the rate of obesity was 10.3% (401/3 875), and the smoking rate was 20.1% (777/3 875). Obesity and smoking were related to poor asthma control. 75.9% (2 941/3 875) of the patients had comorbidities: allergic rhinitis 43.4% (1682/3 875), hypertension 16.4% (634/3 875), nasosinusitis 8.7% (338/3 875), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 7.3% (283/3 875), bronchiectasis 3.0% (118/3 875), and rhinopolypus 2.9% (114/3 875).Conclusions The majority of asthma patients from outpatient department are mild asthma patients. The proportion of allergic rhinitis and bronchiectasis in asthma patients is higher than mean level. Asthma patients with comorbidities of obesity and smoking is related to poor asthma control.

Citation: WANG Wenqiao, LIN Jiangtao, LIU Chuntao, ZHOU Xin, WANG Changzheng, HUANG Mao, CAI Shaoxi, CHEN Ping, LIN Qichang, ZHOU Jianying, GU Yuhai, YUAN Yadong, SUN Dejun, YANG Xiaohong, YANG Lan, HUO Jianmin, CHEN Zhuochang, JIANG Ping, ZHANG Jie, YE Xianwei, LIU Huiguo, TANG Huaping, LIU Rongyu, ZHANG Wei, HU Chengping, CHEN Yiqiang, LIU Xiaoju, DAI Luming, ZHOU Wei, HUANG Yijiang, XU Jianying. Disease severity and comorbidities of outpatients with asthma from urban area in China. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019, 18(1): 51-56. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.201807058 Copy

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