Discriminative properties of two predictive indices for asthma diagnosis in a sample of preschoolers with recurrent wheezing

It is important to predict if preschool children with recurrent wheezing will suffer from asthma in future years. To aid in this early identification, a number of asthma predictive scores have been reported, such as the asthma predictive index (API) and the PIAMA risk score. However, to the best of our knowledge, their predictive properties have not been evaluated in any lower‐ to middle‐income country.

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