Adverse events profile of oral corticosteroids among asthma patients in the UK: cohort study with a nested case-control analysis

To evaluate the adverse events profile of oral prednisolone among adult asthma patients in the UK. Using data from the UK-based Clinical Practice Research Datalink, we conducted a series of cohort studies to quantify incidence rates and incidence rate ratios, and a series of nested case-control analyses to estimate crude and adjusted odds ratios, of 11 different potential corticosteroid-related adverse events (bone-related conditions,...