title: Women, patients with severe asthma, and patients attended by primary care physicians, are at higher risk of suffering from poorly controlled asthma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this exploratory study was to identify those factors associated with asthma control assessed according to GINA Guidelines.
  
  
  METHODS
  809 (56% female) subjects with asthma were recruited consecutively from both specialist and primary care centres. Asthma control was assessed over a 4-week follow-up period using a composite measure. A multivariate analysis was performed, in which asthma control was included as the dependent variable and several explanatory variables were included as independent variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analysis performed on the whole population rendered gender (p=0.003), the type of physician (p<0.001), and age group (p<0.001), as significant factors associated with asthma control. In adults, gender (p=0.001), asthma severity (p<0.001), and type of physician (p<0.001) were significant, and only asthma severity was significant (p=0.043) in children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After model adjustment, we suggest that being female, suffering from more severe asthma, or being attended by a primary care physician, could pose a significantly higher risk of having poorly controlled asthma in adults.
authors: GlaxoSmithKline S.A Medical Department, Tres Cantos, Madrid 28760, Spain. cbadiola@leti.com
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Badiola
authors: Llorenc
authors: L
authors: Badiella
authors: Vicente
authors: V
authors: Plaza
authors: Luis
authors: L
authors: Prieto
authors: Jesús
authors: J
authors: Molina
authors: José Ramón
authors: JR
authors: Villa
authors: Enrique
authors: E
authors: Cimas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires