Viral wheezing in early childhood as a risk factor for asthma in young adulthood: A prospective long-term cohort study.

Over half (26/49) of the participants who had been hospitalized for viral wheezing episodes in early childhood had asthma in young adulthood. An asthma diagnosis at any age during childhood, as well as eosinophilia in early childhood, were independent significant predictive factors for asthma.