Table 2 Intermittent OCS use by SABA use at initial OCS prescription among UK patients with asthma.
From: Application of an algorithm to analyze patterns of intermittent oral corticosteroid use in asthma
SABA prescriptions | Intermittent OCS use, n (%) | |||
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Any OCS (n = 476,167) | Once-only OCS (n = 198,422) | Less frequent OCS (n = 127,419) | Frequent OCS (n = 150,326) | |
0 | 113,262 (23.8) | 44,766 (22.6) | 30,987 (24.3) | 37,507 (25.0) |
1–2 | 213,594 (44.9) | 96,751 (48.8) | 55,660 (43.7) | 61,183 (40.7) |
≥3 | 149,311 (31.4) | 56,903 (28.7) | 40,772 (32.0) | 51,636 (34.3) |