Gender-Specific Differences in Prevalence
In a study involving 3115 Swiss adolescents, Ödling et al. reported that
asthma tended to be more common among girls compared to boys, however
boys with asthma had more often a doctor’s
diagnosis.12 Uncontrolled asthma was more common among
girls than boys, who also were more often dispensed with high daily
doses ICS compared to girls. Subjects with persistent early onset asthma
had more often a doctor’s diagnosis compared to adolescent‐onset asthma.
The authors highlighted the clinical relevance of monitoring female
adolescents with uncontrolled asthma.12Gender-specific prevalence of rhinitis and asthma as single and
multimorbid diseases during puberty was examined in six European
population-based birth cohorts of MeDALL. Male predominance in
prevalence before puberty and the “gender-shift” towards females after
puberty onset were strongest in multimorbid patients who had rhinitis
and asthma concurrently.13