Role of Adult Asthma Education in Improving Asthma Control and Reducing Emergency Room Utilization and Hospital Admissions in an Inner City Hospital

Table 1

Baseline clinical and demographic characteristics.

Characteristics	= 231
Age, year (average ± SD)	53.28 ± 15.84
Gender, female	176 (76.2%)
Race
Black	67 (29%)
Hispanic	115 (49.8%)
Tobacco, active cigarette smoker	57 (24.7%)
BMI ± SD	31.85 ± 7.13
Severity of persistent asthma
Mild	55 (23.8%)
Moderate	124 (53.7%)
Severe	46 (19.9%)
Comorbidities
Obstructive sleep apnea	34 (14.7%)
Pulmonary hypertension	23 (9.9%)
Gastroesophageal reflux	66 (28.6%)
Psychiatric illness on medication	72 (31.2%)
Congestive heart failure	23 (9.9%)
Ischemic heart disease	20 (8.6%)
Chronic renal disease	20 (8.6%)
Allergic rhinitis	9 (3.9%)
FEV1/FVC < 70	61/186 (32.8%)