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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Asthma. 2014 Mar 6;51(6):610–617. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2014.892966

Table 2.

Classification of asthma severity for research and population-based estimates from the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 3 guidelines.

Asthma severity
status
Long-term control
medication use
Asthma control status
Intermittent asthma No
  • Well controlled

Persistent asthma Yes
  • Well controlled,

  • Not well controlled, or

  • Very poorly controlled asthma

No
  • Not well controlled or

  • Very poorly controlled asthma