Bronchodilator reversibility testing in an adult general population; the importance of smoking and anthropometrical variables on the response to a β2-agonist

S Lehmann, PS Bakke, GE Eide, S Humerfelt… - Pulmonary …, 2006 - Elsevier
reversibility test and were included in the analyses. The distribution of anthropometrical
variables, smoking … Altogether 47% of the women and 26% of the men were never smokers, and …

Implications of reversibility testing on prevalence and risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a community study

A Johannessen, ER Omenaas, PS Bakke, A Gulsvik - Thorax, 2005 - thorax.bmj.com
… Predictors of COPD remained the same regardless of β 2 agonist reversibility testing, but
smoking and age were stronger predictors after bronchodilatation than before. Two thirds of the …

Bronchodilator reversibility testing in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

PMA Calverley, PS Burge, S Spencer, JA Anderson… - Thorax, 2003 - thorax.bmj.com
… choice of threshold for reversibility. We also tested the effect of atopy, smoking status, or the
… Finally, we tested the hypotheses that the size of the bronchodilator response predicted the …

Patterns of inflammation and the use of reversibility testing in smokers with airway complaints

NH Chavannes, JHJ Vernooy, TRJ Schermer… - BMC Pulmonary …, 2006 - Springer
smoking behaviour, atopic history) and measuring lung function including reversibility in
smoking … 0) and a control group of 'healthy smokers' (no respiratory symptoms, no obstruction). …

[HTML][HTML] Factors determining performance of bronchodilator reversibility tests in middle-aged and elderly

S Lehmann, SE Vollset, HA Nygaard, A Gulsvik - Respiratory medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
… participants, and predictors of test failure were never smoking and respiratory symptoms. …
education and never smoking. In conclusion, the use of adrenergic reversibility testing in a …

Detection of COPD in a high-risk population: should the diagnostic work-up include bronchodilator reversibility testing?

P Kjeldgaard, R Dahl, A Løkke… - International journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
… The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic role of BD reversibility testing in …
the BD reversibility test. No difference was found between BD response and smoking status, …

Bronchodilator reversibility testing: laboratory practices in Australia and New Zealand

BM Borg, DW Reid, EH Walters… - Medical journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
reversibility is a commonly used tool in lung-function laboratories. The response to inhaled
bronchodilator is used to help discriminate asthma from smoking-… the degree of reversibility in …

Novel and reversible mechanisms of smoking-induced insulin resistance in humans

BC Bergman, L Perreault, D Hunerdosse, A Kerege… - Diabetes, 2012 - Am Diabetes Assoc
… During this follow-up study, smokers who stopped smoking did not smoke cigarettes during
the study, unlike their first visit. All other procedures were identical between the two visits. …

Arterial endothelial dysfunction related to passive smoking is potentially reversible in healthy young adults

OT Raitakari, MR Adams, RJ McCredie… - Annals of internal …, 1999 - acpjournals.org
… The potential for reversibility of these early passive smoke-related changes is unknown. We
… active smoking-related endothelial dysfunction may be reversible with smoking cessation, …

Cigarette smoking is associated with dose-related and potentially reversible impairment of endothelium-dependent dilation in healthy young adults.

DS Celermajer, KE Sorensen, D Georgakopoulos… - Circulation, 1993 - Am Heart Assoc
… These studies and our own observations confirm that smoking is an important causative …
in adolescent and young adult smokers. Although the overall number of smokers in society is …