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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2448-9190</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista alergia México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. alerg. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2448-9190</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Inmunología Clínica y Alergia A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2448-91902020000400397</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29262/ram.v67i4.816</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Epidemiología del asma en adultos. Una visión introspectiva]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The epidemiology of asthma in adults. An insight]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Parisi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudio Alberto Salvador]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zunino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Las Heras]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Orazi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bustamante]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lucrecia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Juszkiewicz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Estefania]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Svetliza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Graciela]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ritchie]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carla]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Antonietti]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carolina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Buenos Aires ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Buenos Aires ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>67</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>397</fpage>
<lpage>400</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2448-91902020000400397&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2448-91902020000400397&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2448-91902020000400397&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Antecedentes: El asma es una enfermedad crónica de gran impacto en la salud pública y en la calidad de vida de los pacientes. En Latinoamérica existen escasos estudios epidemiológicos  Objetivo: Describir la prevalencia del asma y las características clínico-demográficas en una población adulta de un sistema de salud privado de la ciudad de Buenos Aires.  Métodos: Estudio de corte transversal de adultos afiliados al programa médico de un sistema de salud privado de Buenos Aires, entre el 1 de enero de 2017 y 1 de enero de 2018, con diagnóstico médico de asma.  Resultados: La prevalencia de asma en pacientes adultos de un sistema de salud prepago en la ciudad de Buenos Aires fue de 6 % (n = 66, IC 95 % = 5-7) y de asma grave de 5 % (n = 3 IC 95 % = 1-13) La mayoría de los pacientes presentaron asma intermitente y leve.  Conclusión: El estudio aporta nuevos datos sobre la epidemiología del asma en la región.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background: Asthma is a chronic disease with a great impact on public health and on the patients&#8217; quality of life. In Latin America, there are scarce epidemiological studies.  Objective: To describe the prevalence of asthma and the clinical-demographic characteristics in an adult population from a private health system in the City of Buenos Aires.  Methods: A cross-sectional study of adults who were enrolled in the medical program of a private health system in Buenos Aires between January 1st, 2017, and January 1st, 2018. All the patients that were included in the study had been diagnosed with asthma.  Results: The prevalence of asthma in the adult patients of a prepaid health system in the City of Buenos Aires was of 6 % (n = 66, IC 95 % = 5-7), and the prevalence of severe asthma among the same group was of 5 % (n = 3, IC 95 % = 1-13). Most patients had intermittent and mild asthma.  Conclusion: This study provides new data about the epidemiology of asthma in the region.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Prevalencia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[América Latina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Asma grave]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Diagnóstico médico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Prevalence]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Latin America]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Severe asthma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Medical diagnosis]]></kwd>
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