Coexisting Respiratory Comorbidities Increase Mortality in
Patients with Asthma: A National Cohort Study
Short title: Increased mortality in asthma with pulmonary comorbidity
Yoomi Yeo1*, Hyun Lee1*, Jiin
Ryu2*, Sung Jun Chung1, Tai Sun
Park1, Dong Won Park1, Sang-Heon
Kim1, Tae Hyung Kim1, Jang Won
Sohn1, Ho Joo Yoon1, Ji-Yong
Moon1
1Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University
College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2Biostatistical Consulting and Research Lab, Medical
Research Collaborating Center,
Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
*Yeo Y., Lee H., and Ryu J. contributed to this work
equally.