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Global variation in the prevalence and severity of asthma symptoms: phase three of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)C K W Lai
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Thorax 64:476-83. 2009..Phase Three of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) measured the global prevalence and severity of asthma symptoms in children...- Relationship between asthma control status, the Asthma Control Test™ and urgent health-care utilization in AsiaChristopher K W Lai
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, Singapore
Respirology 16:688-97. 2011..We investigated the relationship between control status derived from the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), the Asthma Control Test (ACT) and urgent health-care utilization... - Identifying uncontrolled asthma in young children: clinical scores or objective variables?T F Leung
Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
J Asthma 46:130-5. 2009..This study investigated the ability of Chinese version of Childhood Asthma Control Test (C-ACT) and other disease-related factors in identifying uncontrolled asthma (UA) in young children... 
Wheezing in Chinese schoolchildren: disease severity distribution and management practices, a community-based study in Hong Kong and GuangzhouF W S Ko
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, SAR
Clin Exp Allergy 35:1449-56. 2005..Significant morbidity was seen even in this group of children with mostly intermittent and mild persistent asthma...- Exhaled breath condensate levels of eotaxin and macrophage-derived chemokine in stable adult asthma patientsF W S Ko
Departments of Medicine and Therapeutics, Paediatrics and Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Clin Exp Allergy 36:44-51. 2006..Asthma is associated with esoinophilic airway inflammation and overproduction of T-helper type 2 (Th2) lymphocyte-related cytokines... - Prevalence of wheeze, bronchial hyper-responsiveness and asthma in the elderly ChineseD K L Choy
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Clin Exp Allergy 32:702-7. 2002..However, there were no identifiable demographic and laboratory risk factors in this study that may help us predict a diagnosis of asthma... - Cephalometric assessment of craniofacial morphology in Chinese patients with obstructive sleep apnoeaD S C Hui
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Respir Med 97:640-6. 2003..To compare the differences in craniofacial morphology in Chinese patients with and without obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)... - Prevalence and risk factors of airflow obstruction in an elderly Chinese populationF W S Ko
Dept of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Eur Respir J 32:1472-8. 2008..Further longitudinal studies are needed to determine the precise definition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease... - Effects of air pollution on asthma hospitalization rates in different age groups in Hong KongF W S Ko
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Clin Exp Allergy 37:1312-9. 2007..To assess the relationship between levels of ambient air pollutants and hospitalization rates for asthma in Hong Kong (HK)... - Symptoms of asthma and atopic disorders in preschool children: prevalence and risk factorsG W K Wong
Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N T, Hong Kong
Clin Exp Allergy 37:174-9. 2007..This study was designed to measure the prevalence of, and risk factors for, asthma and atopic disorders in preschool children from Hong Kong... - Home mechanical ventilation in Hong KongC M Chu
Division of Respiratory Medicine, Dept of Medicine, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
Eur Respir J 23:136-41. 2004..Most patients tolerate home mechanical ventilation reasonably well, with approximately two-thirds continuing with its use at 36 months... - Prevalence of snoring and sleep-disordered breathing in a group of commercial bus drivers in Hong KongD S C Hui
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories
Intern Med J 32:149-57. 2002..To assess the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and its associated symptoms in a group of commercial bus drivers in Hong Kong... - Worldwide burden of COPD in high- and low-income countries. Part III. Asia-Pacific studiesF W S Ko
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 12:713-7. 2008..Given the high prevalence of tobacco smoking, poor indoor and outdoor air quality and the aging population in many Asian countries, urgent actions need to be taken to reduce the development, morbidity and mortality of this disease... - Individual allergens as risk factors for asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in Chinese childrenG W K Wong
Dept of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Eur Respir J 19:288-93. 2002..However, the difference in the prevalence rate of atopic sensitization cannot explain the higher prevalence of childhood asthma in Hong Kong, when compared with those children from Beijing and Guangzhou...