Self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination and bronchodilator response in African American youth with asthma.
Sonia CarlsonLuisa N BorrellCeleste EngMyngoc NguyenShannon ThyneMichael A LeNoirNadine Burke-HarrisEsteban G BurchardNeeta ThakurPublished in: PloS one (2017)
We found BDR to be increased in participants reporting racial/ethnic discrimination and this association was limited to African American youth with TNF-α high asthma, an endotype thought to be resistant to traditional asthma medications. These results support screening for racial/ethnic discrimination in those with asthma as it may reclassify disease pathogenesis.