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A clinical phenotype combining high atopic load with early-onset or high-burden wheezing is strongly associated with higher treatment requirements and poorer asthma control in school-aged children. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate whether a clinical two-axis phenotype matrix based on early-onset/high-burden wheeze and atopic load associates cross-sectionally with treatment-defined asthma severity and disease control in school-aged children.

August 22, 2026Journal of Clinical MedicineOpen Access

Early-Life Wheezing and Atopic Burden Are Associated with Treatment-Defined Asthma Severity and Control in School-Age Children: A Two-Center Cross-Sectional Study

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MKMehmet Şirin KayaIzmir University ASAsena Pınar SeferRecep Tayyip Erdoğan University SBSumeyye BaysalBalıkesir University

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Cross-sectional study reveals that combined early wheezing and atopic burden mark severe, uncontrolled asthma in school-age children, suggesting routine clinical history aids risk stratification.

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To evaluate whether a clinical two-axis phenotype matrix based on early-onset/high-burden wheeze and atopic load associates cross-sectionally with treatment-defined asthma severity and disease control in school-aged children.
Conducted a two-center retrospective cross-sectional study of 337 children aged 6–12 years with physician-confirmed asthma classified into four clinical strata: low-burden, familial/atopic-dominant, wheeze-dominant, and atopic-wheezing.
Evaluated the primary outcome of moderate-to-severe asthma defined by controller treatment step, using multivariable logistic regression, Cochran–Armitage trend tests, and sensitivity analyses.
The atopic-wheezing group was the largest stratum (140/337, 41.5%) and had the highest rates of moderate-to-severe asthma (49.3% vs. 17.4% in low-burden; aOR 4.49, 95% CI 1.91–10.54) and uncontrolled asthma (42.1% vs. 13.0%; aOR 4.78, 95% CI 1.85–12.35).
Earlier wheeze onset correlated with increasing rates of moderate-to-severe asthma (26.9% with no early wheeze vs. 57.9% with onset ≤12 months; p for trend <0.001).
Passive smoke exposure was independently associated with uncontrolled asthma (aOR 1.86, 95% CI 1.13–3.05), and children in the atopic-wheezing stratum exhibited the lowest lung function (median FEV1/FVC z-score −1.28 vs. +0.10 in low-burden; p < 0.001).

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Kaya et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895fc4ca7ade938187e8fa https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm15166459

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Cross-sectional study reveals that combined early wheezing and atopic burden mark severe, uncontrolled asthma in school-age children, suggesting routine clinical history aids risk stratification.

Early-Life Wheezing and Atopic Burden Are Associated with Treatment-Defined Asthma Severity and Control in School-Age Children: A Two-Center Cross-Sectional Study

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Early-Life Wheezing and Atopic Burden Are Associated with Treatment-Defined Asthma Severity and Control in School-Age Children: A Two-Center Cross-Sectional Study

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