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We have examined 40 patients with bronchial asthma (BA) based at the municipal non-profit enterprise "Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Phthisiopulmonology Center of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Council" (Center for Pulmonary Diseases). The patients were randomized into two groups: Group I (17) involved patients with BA, Group II included (23) patients suffering from BA with obesity. The goal of the research work was to analyze the manifestations of clinical symptomatology, manageability of BA, state of pulmonary function, level of leptin in relation to mono- or polymorbidity. The research findings show the decrease in asthma manageability level in patients with combined pathology, particularly BA + obesity + gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), significant negative correlation (r=-0.95, p |
