International Journal of Biomedicine (Mar 2018)

Impact of Metabolic Syndrome Components on Asthma Control and Life Quality of Patients

  • Andrey V. Budnevsky,
  • Ludmila V. Tribuntceva,
  • Svetlana A. Kozhevnikova,
  • Evgeniy S. Ovsyannikov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21103/Article8(1)_OA4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 33 – 36

Abstract

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The purpose of this study was to assess the characteristics of the clinical course of asthma in patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and to analyze the influence of the MetS components on the course of asthma, control of asthma symptoms, and the the quality of life (QL) of patients with asthma. Materials and Methods: We examined 95 asthma patients aged from 18 to 60 years. The patients were divided into 2 groups. Group 1 included 35 patients without MetS (24/68.6% women and 11/31.4% men; mean age, 49.81±0.77 years), and Group 2 included 60 patients with MetS(45/75.0% women and 15/25.0% men; mean age, 49.82±0.77 years). Results: The patients with asthma and MetS have a more severe clinical course of asthma, with frequent exacerbations and uncontrolled asthma symptoms, low spirometry results and a low level of QL.

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