Asthma-Groups

With asthma there are groups of people who are more prone to having asthma. [|Info. from...]
 * Boys are twice as likely to have asthma than girls.
 * Sex difference tends to disappear in older age groups.
 * Obesity is a newly identified risk factor for asthma.
 * People who live in families who have allergies or asthma are more likely to have asthma.
 * Asthma most commonly starts in childhood.
 * A lot of people who have asthma have allergies also.
 * You can develop another kind of asthma called occupational asthma.

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