Schauberger et al reported the Personalized Asthma Risk Score for identifying a young child who may be at risk for developing asthma. The authors are from Cincinnati Children's Hospital and the University of Cincinnati.
Patient selection: probably 3 to 7 years
Outcome: asthma development
Parameters:
(1) parental asthma
(2) eczema before the age of 3 years
(3) wheezing apart from colds
(4) early wheezing (before the age of 3)
(5) race
(6) number of positive skin prick tests (SPT)
Parameter
Finding
Points
parental asthma
no
0
present
2
eczema before the age of 3
no
0
yes
2
wheezing apart from colds
no
0
yes
3
early wheezing
no
0
yes
3
race
Afro-American
2
other
0
number of positive skin prick tests
0 or 1
0
>= 2
2
total score =
= SUM(points for all 6 parameters)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 14
• The higher the score the greater the risk for asthma.
Score
Percent with Asthma by Age 7
0
3%
2
6%
3
8%
4
11%
5
15%
6
19%
7
25%
8
32%
10
49%
11
58%
12
66%
14
79%
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