New York: Older patients with asthma are at increased risk for treatment failure, particularly those patients being treated with inhaled steroids, says a new study.
“Asthma morbidity and mortality are known to be increased in middle-aged and older patients, and gender may also affect the incidence and course of the disease, but the impact of age and gender on asthma treatment response is not well understood.
“In our study of 1,200 patients with mild-to-moderate asthma, the risk of treatment failure was increased in patients aged 30 and above, and these failure rates increased proportionally with increasing age above age 30 across our study cohort,” said study author Michael Wechsler, professor of medicine at the National Jewish Health in Denver, US.
