Article
Distinguishing phenotypes of childhood wheeze and cough using latent class analysis.
The European respiratory journal - 1 May 2008
Spycher B D, Silverman M, Brooke A M, Minder C E, Kuehni C E
Abstract excerpt
Airway disease in childhood comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders. Attempts to distinguish different phenotypes have generally considered few disease dimensions. The present study examines phenotypes of childhood wheeze and chronic cough, by fitting a statistical model to data representing multiple disease dimensions. From a population-based, longitudinal cohort study of 1,650 preschool children, 319 with...
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