Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: Asthma is a heterogeneous disease, and among the various asthma characteristics involved in the phenotypic heterogeneity of the disease, both clinical observations and statistical cluster-based approaches identified age at asthma onset as a key differentiating factor. The present study was conducted to assess cases of asthma. Materials & Methods: 60 patients of Asthma of both genders were classified into group I (Non- severe asthma) and group II (Severe asthma). Parameters such as body mass index (BMI), socio-economic characteristics, education level, lifestyle factors such as smoking, parental smoking, parental asthma and/or allergy, severe childhood infections, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDS) – exacerbated respiratory disease (NERD), the number of siblings were recorded. Results: There were 22 males and 8 females in group I and 20 males and10 females in group II. The mean BMI was 26.3 in group I and 27.2 in group II, education level was primary level in 16 and 14 in group II, secondary level 22 in group I and 8 in group II, ever smokers were 10 in group I and 18 in group II, >2 siblings 7 in group I and 14 in group II, parental smoking in 8 in group I and 13 in group I, parental asthma 5 in group I and 17 in group II and NERD 3 in group I and 10 in group II. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Common risk factors were >2 sibling, parental history of smoking, asthma and primary education level.