Adults with asthma experience more nonrespiratory diseases than those without asthma

Adults with asthma experienced more nonrespiratory diseases and multimorbidity than adults without asthma, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.
Although the types of these diseases varied, their frequency increased with age at asthma diagnosis, Jasmin Honkamäki, MD, academic researcher with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology of Tampere University in Tampere, Finland, and colleagues wrote.
The researchers examined 8,199 responses (median age, 50 years; 44.9% men) to a FinEsS questionnaire sent to 16,000 individuals aged 20 to

Adults with asthma experienced more nonrespiratory diseases and multimorbidity than adults without asthma, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.
Although the types of these diseases varied, their frequency increased with age at asthma diagnosis, Jasmin Honkamäki, MD, academic researcher with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology of Tampere University in Tampere, Finland, and colleagues wrote.
The researchers examined 8,199 responses (median age, 50 years; 44.9% men) to a FinEsS questionnaire sent to 16,000 individuals aged 20 to