TY - JOUR
T1 - Airway responsiveness in mild to moderate childhood asthma
T2 - Sex influences on the natural history
AU - Tantisira, Kelan G.
AU - Colvin, Ryan
AU - Tonascia, James
AU - Strunk, Robert C.
AU - Weiss, Scott T.
AU - Fuhlbrigge, Anne L.
PY - 2008/8/15
Y1 - 2008/8/15
N2 - Rationale: Airway responsiveness is a prognostic marker for asthma symptoms in later life. Objectives: To evaluate characteristics responsible for persistence of airway responsiveness in children with asthma. Methods:Atotal of 1,041 children, initially aged 5-12 years, with mild to moderate persistent asthma enrolled in the Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP) were studied prospectively for 8.6 ± 1.8 years with methacholine challenges yearly. Measurements and Main Results: Least squares geometric mean models were fit to determine effects of sex and age on airway responsiveness (provocative concentration producing 20% decrease in FEV1 [PC20]). Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to determine factors at baseline and over time, which were associated with PC20 at end of follow-up. A total of 7,748 methacholine challenges were analyzed. PC 20 increased with age, with boys having greater increase after age 11 years than girls (P < 0.001). The divergence coincided with the mean age for Tanner stage 2. Postpubertal girls had greater airway responsiveness, even after adjustment for FEV1 and other potential confounders. Although multivariable regression analyses noted a variety of factors that influenced airway responsivness in both sexes, a history of hay fever (β= -0.30, P = 0.005), respiratory allergy (β= -0.32, P = 0.006), or recent inhaled corticosteroid usage (β= -0.18, P = 0.02) were associated with decrements in final log PC20 only in girls. Conclusions: Airway responsiveness (PC20) is more severe in the postpubertal female with asthma than in males. Although there are factors associated with airway responsiveness in both males and females, sex-specific factors may contribute to new insights into asthma pathogenesis.
AB - Rationale: Airway responsiveness is a prognostic marker for asthma symptoms in later life. Objectives: To evaluate characteristics responsible for persistence of airway responsiveness in children with asthma. Methods:Atotal of 1,041 children, initially aged 5-12 years, with mild to moderate persistent asthma enrolled in the Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP) were studied prospectively for 8.6 ± 1.8 years with methacholine challenges yearly. Measurements and Main Results: Least squares geometric mean models were fit to determine effects of sex and age on airway responsiveness (provocative concentration producing 20% decrease in FEV1 [PC20]). Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to determine factors at baseline and over time, which were associated with PC20 at end of follow-up. A total of 7,748 methacholine challenges were analyzed. PC 20 increased with age, with boys having greater increase after age 11 years than girls (P < 0.001). The divergence coincided with the mean age for Tanner stage 2. Postpubertal girls had greater airway responsiveness, even after adjustment for FEV1 and other potential confounders. Although multivariable regression analyses noted a variety of factors that influenced airway responsivness in both sexes, a history of hay fever (β= -0.30, P = 0.005), respiratory allergy (β= -0.32, P = 0.006), or recent inhaled corticosteroid usage (β= -0.18, P = 0.02) were associated with decrements in final log PC20 only in girls. Conclusions: Airway responsiveness (PC20) is more severe in the postpubertal female with asthma than in males. Although there are factors associated with airway responsiveness in both males and females, sex-specific factors may contribute to new insights into asthma pathogenesis.
KW - Bronchoconstriction
KW - FEV
KW - Methacholine
KW - PC
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U2 - 10.1164/rccm.200708-1174OC
DO - 10.1164/rccm.200708-1174OC
M3 - Article
C2 - 18420965
AN - SCOPUS:48949092435
SN - 1073-449X
VL - 178
SP - 325
EP - 331
JO - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
JF - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
IS - 4
ER -