SAN DIEGO — Asthma prevalence varies widely among Asian American and Pacific Islander children, a group that often is aggregated in studies, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
“Few studies have characterized ethnic differences in asthma burden among Asian American and Pacific Islander children,” Julia Costantini, MD, internal medicine resident, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, said during her presentation.
National surveys have reported lower prevalence of asthma among AAPI children, but Costantini and her colleagues