Imperial College London
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ProfessorSejalSaglani

Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute

Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
 
 
 
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@article{Oksel:2019:10.1016/j.jaci.2018.10.059,
author = {Oksel, C and Custovic, A and Granell, R and Mahmoud, O and Henderson, J},
doi = {10.1016/j.jaci.2018.10.059},
journal = {Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology},
pages = {1783--1790.e11},
title = {Causes of variability in latent phenotypes of childhood wheeze},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2018.10.059},
volume = {143},
year = {2019}
}
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AB  - BackgroundLatent class analysis (LCA) has been used extensively to identify (latent) phenotypes of childhood wheezing. However, the number and trajectory of discovered phenotypes differed substantially between studies.ObjectiveWe sought to investigate sources of variability affecting the classification of phenotypes, identify key time points for data collection to understand wheeze heterogeneity, and ascertain the association of childhood wheeze phenotypes with asthma and lung function in adulthood.MethodsWe used LCA to derive wheeze phenotypes among 3167 participants in the ALSPAC cohort who had complete information on current wheeze recorded at 14 time points from birth to age 16½ years. We examined the effects of sample size and data collection age and intervals on the results and identified time points. We examined the associations of derived phenotypes with asthma and lung function at age 23 to 24 years.ResultsA relatively large sample size (>2000) underestimated the number of phenotypes under some conditions (eg, number of time points <11). Increasing the number of data points resulted in an increase in the optimal number of phenotypes, but an identical number of randomly selected follow-up points led to different solutions. A variable selection algorithm identified 8 informative time points (months 18, 42, 57, 81, 91, 140, 157, and 166). The proportion of asthmatic patients at age 23 to 24 years differed between phenotypes, whereas lung function was lower among persistent wheezers.ConclusionsSample size, frequency, and timing of data collection have a major influence on the number and type of wheeze phenotypes identified by using LCA in longitudinal data.
AU  - Oksel,C
AU  - Custovic,A
AU  - Granell,R
AU  - Mahmoud,O
AU  - Henderson,J
DO  - 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.10.059
EP  - 1790
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 0091-6749
SP  - 1783
TI  - Causes of variability in latent phenotypes of childhood wheeze
T2  - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2018.10.059
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/65531
VL  - 143
ER  -
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