Is asthma associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases and mortality compared to non-asthmatics?
Asthma is associated with an increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular mortality.
Asthma is associated with a higher risk of developing CVD, including specific types such as CHD, AP, MI, and HF. In addition, asthma patients face an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality compared to non-asthmatics.
Jiang et al. (Wed,) studied this question.