Incidence rates of asthma with recurrent exacerbations vary with time of surveillance, decade of birth, age, race, ethnicity and census region, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Environmental exposures that affect these incidence rates may change as well, Rachel L. Miller, MD, chief of the division of clinical immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and colleagues wrote.
“Some children are prone to asthma that is characterized by experiencing multiple exacerbations or flares,” Miller told Healio.
“Despite the