Table 3 Intermittent OCS use by age at initial OCS prescription among UK patients with asthma.
From: Application of an algorithm to analyze patterns of intermittent oral corticosteroid use in asthma
Age, years | Intermittent OCS use, n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Any OCS (n = 476,167) | Once-only OCS (n = 198,422) | Less frequent OCS (n = 127,419) | Frequent OCS (n = 150,326) | |
≥4–<12 | 77,131 (16.2) | 35,478 (46.0) | 22,568 (29.3) | 19,085 (24.7) |
≥12–<18 | 36,262 (7.6) | 19,336 (53.3) | 9,518 (26.2) | 7,408 (20.4) |
≥18 | 362,774 (76.2) | 143,608 (39.6) | 95,333 (26.3) | 123,833 (34.1) |
