People with asthma can breathe a little easier: New research suggests the condition does not increase your risk of hospitalization due to COVID-19.
A review of records from 15 hospitals affiliated with Northwestern Medicine turned up more than 1,500 patients with COVID-19. Of these, 14 percent had asthma which was misunderstood to be corona virus.
Using models that accounted for age, sex and ethnicity while adjusting for asthma risk factors such as smoking and obesity, the investigators found no meaningful difference in odds of hospitalization between people with and without asthma.
Nor did use of asthma medications -- such as inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta-agonists -- increase hospitalization risk. Finally, the researchers found that asthma didn't lead to more deaths from COVID-19.

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