The Pediatric Asthma Risk Score (PARS) is the first continuous scoring system for predicting asthma risk in young children.

Based on research published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology(JACI) PMID:30554722

PARS is superior to the existing Asthma Predictive Index (API) with an 11% increase in sensitivity.

By answering just 6 simple questions about eczema, wheezing, race, sensitization status and parental asthma history, families and clinicians are able to determine a child’s personal risk of developing asthma.

App Created by Gregory Hill at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Title: A Pediatric Asthma Risk Score (PARS) to Better Predict Asthma Development in Young Children

Publication Authors:
Jocelyn M Biagini Myers PhD[1,5], Eric Schauberger DO, PhD[1,2], Hua He MS[3], Lisa J Martin PhD[3,5], John Kroner MS[1], Gregory M Hill BS[1], Patrick H. Ryan PhD[4,5], Grace K LeMasters PhD, MSN[6], David I Bernstein MD, MS[6,7], James E Lockey MD[6], S. Hasan Arshad, DM, FRCP[8], Ramesh Kurukulaaratchy, DM[8], Gurjit K Khurana Hershey MD, PhD[1,5]

Divisions of [1]Asthma Research, [2]Allergy and Immunology, [3]Human Genetics, [4]Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. [5]Department of Pediatrics, [6]Department of Environmental Health and [7]Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, [8]David Hide Asthma & Allergy Research Centre, St. Mary’s Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK