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Asthma
Majority of adult hospitalized with asthma are female
February 2nd, 2006
A new study shows that patients with asthma who are hospitalized have distinct gender and age differences and that well over half of the adult patients are female. Researchers from Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California, reviewed the demographics and medical histories of 606 pediatric patients and 680 adult patients admitted for acute asthma during 1999-2000. Overall, 40% of pediatric patients were female, compared with 68% in the adult group. Among children, girls did not differ from boys according to asthma history, pulmonary index scores, or hospital length of stay. Among adults, women were more likely to have a primary care...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-02)
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