Risk factors for poor asthma control and impaired quality of life in a Caribbean population.

Sateesh SakhamuriCherisse RampersadChelsie RamsinghMarsha A Ivey Lexley Maureen Pinto Pereira

Published in: The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma (2020)

In this Caribbean population, uncontrolled asthma was independently associated with obesity, late-onset disease, and comorbidities of sleep apnea and depression. Poor asthma-related quality of life was independently associated with Indo-Caribbean ethnicity.

Keyphrases

late onset
sleep apnea
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
allergic rhinitis
early onset
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
insulin resistance
obstructive sleep apnea
weight loss
depressive symptoms
cystic fibrosis
skeletal muscle
sleep quality