Research Article
Body Mass Index and Comorbidities in Adult Severe Asthmatics
Table 3
Comorbidities associated with severe asthma.
| | | Normal weight
| Overweight
| Obese
| value |
| | At least one comorbidity (%) | 61.5 | 74.3 | 91.7 | 0.031 | | Type II diabetes (%) | 0 | 8.3 | 37.5 | <0.0001 | | OSAS (%) | 0 | 2.8 | 16.7 | 0.0081 | | Gastroesophageal reflux (%) | 33.3 | 50.0 | 52.6 | 0.24 | | Systemic hypertension (%) | 11.9 | 25.0 | 33.3 | 0.10 | | Left ventricle failure (%) | 4.8 | 16.7 | 12.5 | 0.23 | | Osteoporosis (%) | 21.4 | 19.4 | 29.2 | 0.66 | | Bronchiectasis (%) | 2.4 | 2.8 | 8.3 | 0.44 | | Tuberculosis (in the past) (%) | 4.8 | 0 | 4.2 | 0.43 | | Psychologic factors [anxia/depression] (%) | 7.1 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 0.82 |
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OSAS: obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
Statistical significance among groups was evaluated by test.
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