ZHANG Hanwei 1 , JIANG Yi 2 , ZHANG Yali 1 , AN Ruoli 1 , YUE Qianru 1
  • 1. The First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030000, P. R. China;
  • 2. NHC Key Laboratory of Pneumoconiosis, Shanxi Province Key Laboratory of Respiratory, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine of The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030000, P. R. China;
JIANG Yi, Email: 8jiangyi@163.com
Severe asthma; clinical characteristics; inflammatory markers; risk factors
10.7507/1671-6205.202209033
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Objective  To explore the clinical and inflammatory characteristics and risk factors of severe asthma to improve clinicians' awareness of the disease. Methods  The general information of patients with asthma who visited the Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University from May 2018 to May 2021, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of asthma, personal history, comorbidities, auxiliary examination, asthma control test (ACT) score were collected. A total of 127 patients were included, including 40 in the severe asthma group and 87 in the mild-to-moderate asthma group. Chi-square test, independent sample t test and logistic regression were used to analyze the clinical characteristics, inflammatory markers and risk factors of severe asthma. Results  Compared with the patients with mild to moderate asthma, the patients with severe asthma were more older (51.0±12.0 years vs 40.7±12.8 years, P<0.05), had more smokers (32.5% vs. 14.9%, P<0.05), and more males (67.5% vs. 40.2%, P<0.05). The patients with severe asthma got poor FEV1%pred [(56.1±23.8)% vs. (93.2±18.0)%, P<0.05] and FEV1/FVC [(56.7±13.2)% vs. (75.8±9.0)%, P<0.05)], and more exacerbations in the previous year (2.7±3.1 vs. 0.1±0.4, P<0.05), lower ACT score (14.4±3.7 vs. 18.0±5.0, P<0.05), and higher blood and induced sputum eosinophil counts [(0.54±0.44)×109/L vs. (0.27±0.32)×109/L, P<0.05; (25.9±24.2)% vs. (9.8±17.5)%, P<0.05]. There was no significant difference in the proportion of neutrophils in the induced sputum or FeNO between the two groups (P>0.05). Analysis of related risk factors showed that smoking (OR=2.740, 95%CI 1.053 - 7.130), combined with allergic rhinitis (OR=14.388, 95%CI 1.486 - 139.296) and gastroesophageal reflux (OR=2.514, 95%CI 1.105 - 5.724) were risk factors for severe asthma. Conclusions  Compared with patients with mild to moderate asthma, patients with severe asthma are characterized by poor lung function, more exacerbations, and a dominant eosinophil inflammatory phenotype, which is still poorly controlled even with higher level of treatment. Risk factors include smoking, allergic rhinitis, and gastroesophageal reflux, etc.

Citation： ZHANG Hanwei, JIANG Yi, ZHANG Yali, AN Ruoli, YUE Qianru. Analysis of clinical and inflammatory characteristics and risk factors of severe asthma. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2023, 22(9): 609-614. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.202209033 Copy

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