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Similar response to omalizumab in children with allergic asthma from different racial backgrounds

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States, especially Black children, endure an increased burden of asthma due to factors such as environmental exposure, access to health care, and genetics.1 Compared with White children, Black children with asthma experience reduced quality of life, have more poorly controlled disease, require longer-term corticosteroid use, and are more frequently evaluated in emergency department visits.1 In addition, Black children are 3 times as likely to be hospitalized and 7 times as likely to die from asthma as White children.

Source: The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2023.03.055