Clinical Study
Characteristics of Atopic Bronchial Asthma in Seniors over 80 Years of Age
Table 1
Clinical characteristic of asthma: comparison between seniors and youth.
| | Characteristics | Seniors
| Youth
| P |
| | Mean age | | | <0.05 | | Women (%) | 63 (60) | 45 (44) | <0.05 | | Smokers (%) | 7 (6.7) | 9 (8.2) | NS | | Former smokers (%) | 13 (12,4) | 6 (5.9) | NS | | Duration of asthma | | | <0.05 | | Late onset of asthma (after 65 years; %) | 68 (17.6) | — | — | | Mean result of ACT | | | NS | | Severe asthma (%) | 32 (8.4) | 23 (5.7) | NS | | Moderate asthma (%) | 38 (36) | 29 (28.8) | NS | | Mild asthma (%) | 43 (40.6) | 43 (41.8) | NS | | Fully controlled asthma | 24 (22.8) | 48 (46.2) | <0.05 | | Partly controlled asthma | 47 (44.8) | 49 (48) | NS | | Uncontrolled asthma | 34 (32.2) | 6 (5.8) | <0.05 | | Allergic rhinitis | 59 (56.3) | 63 (61.7) | NS |
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NS: not significant.
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