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Incidence and Outcomes of Asthma in the Elderly

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1 Incidence and Outcomes of Asthma in the Elderly
Brent A. Bauer, MD, Charles E. Reed, MD, John W. Yunginger, MD, Peter C. Wollan, PhD, Marc D. Silverstein, MD  CHEST  Volume 111, Issue 2, Pages (February 1997) DOI: /chest Copyright © 1997 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Age- and sex-specific incidence rates for definite and probable asthma per 100,000 person years and 95% CIs among Rochester, Minn, residents, 1964 to 1983. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 1997 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Age- and sex-adjusted incidence rates for definite and probable asthma cases per 100,000 person years and 95% CIs among Rochester, Minn, residents by 5-year intervals from 1964 to 1983. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 1997 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier curves of observed and expected survival for 98 residents of Rochester, Minn, with onset of definite or probable asthma at age 65 years or later, from 1964 to Expected survival based on US North Central life tables for white population. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 1997 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions


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