Objectives To recognize and characterize an association between persistent asthma and

Objectives To recognize and characterize an association between persistent asthma and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). with intermittent asthmatics 91.1% (88.5C93.8%) and non-asthmatics 90.2% (89.4C91%). Prolonged asthmatics had greater risk of CVD events than non-asthmatics (HR 1.6 [95% 1.01C2.5, p=0.040]), even after adjustment for age, sex, race, CVD risk… Continue reading Objectives To recognize and characterize an association between persistent asthma and