Article
Clinical phenotypes of obstructive airway diseases in an outpatient population.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma - 1 Dec 2016
Rootmensen Geert, van Keimpema Anton, Zwinderman Aeilko, Sterk Peter
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Historically, obstructive airway diseases such as asthma and COPD are classified as different diseases. Although the definitions are clearly described, classification of patients into these traditional, clinical disease entity can be difficult. Recent evidence that there are complex, overlapping phenotypes of obstructive lung disease. Our aim was to capture clinical phenotypes of...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Asthma
- Cluster Analysis
- Emphysema
- Female
- Forced Expiratory Volume
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Netherlands
- Outpatients
