Risk factors for asthma: is prevention possible?

R Beasley, A Semprini, EA Mitchell - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
… that are effective in reducing the prevalence of asthma worldwide. In this Series paper, we
review current evidence for the risk factors for asthma and its primary prevention, and propose …

Asthma: epidemiology, etiology and risk factors

P Subbarao, PJ Mandhane, MR Sears - Cmaj, 2009 - Can Med Assoc
… Because of this phenomenon, we examine here the risk factors for persistent asthma at
different ages, specifically the prenatal period, infancy, childhood and, briefly, adulthood. …

Asthma risk factors

E Toskala, DW Kennedy - International forum of allergy & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… The increasing prevalence of asthma in all age groups indicate that our living environment
and immunity are in imbalance with each other reacting with airway inflammation to the …

The impact of modifiable risk factor reduction on childhood asthma development

A Abreo, T Gebretsadik, CA Stone… - Clinical and translational …, 2018 - Springer
… However, this study shows that multifactorial prevention of early childhood risk factors could
reduce the future prevalence of asthma. Additional randomized controlled trials are needed …

Study of modifiable risk factors for asthma exacerbations: virus infection and allergen exposure increase the risk of asthma hospital admissions in children

CS Murray, G Poletti, T Kebadze, J Morris, A Woodcock… - Thorax, 2006 - thorax.bmj.com
asthma attacks resulting in hospital admission in children. We also investigated other risk
factors that are potentially modifiable in … 29 In agreement with our study, a higher rate of virus …

Sex differences in the association between asthma incidence and modifiable risk factors in Korean middle-aged and older adults: NHIS-HEALS 10-year cohort

S Park, SY Jung, JW Kwon - BMC pulmonary medicine, 2019 - Springer
… This study investigated the sex-specific incidence of asthma and the effects of modifiable risk
factors, particularly obesity, on asthma incidence among middle-aged and older individuals …

Modifiable risk factors for asthma morbidity in Bronx versus other inner-city children

K Warman, EJ Silver, PR Wood - Journal of Asthma, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
asthma prevalence and asthma morbidity than other US children. Objective: To compare risk
factors for asthma … In this study, we compared modifiable risk factors for asthma morbidity …

Toward primary prevention of asthma. Reviewing the evidence for early-life respiratory viral infections as modifiable risk factors to prevent childhood asthma

AS Feldman, Y He, ML Moore… - American journal of …, 2015 - atsjournals.org
… role of these viruses in asthma inception and presents the … causal and modifiable risk factors
for asthma development. For … by the population-attributable risk for asthma after these early…

Near-fatal asthma: a population-based study of risk factors

I Mitchell, SC Tough, LK Semple, FH Green, PA Hessel - Chest, 2002 - Elsevier
… (NFA) may provide a means to further our understanding of fatal asthma. Studies of NFA often
modifiable risk factors and many similarities to ED control subjects and CCs with asthma. …

Risk factors for asthma in US adults: results from the 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

RC Gwynn - Journal of Asthma, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
… Among the several risk factors associated with asthma prevalence, we found a significant
association between black race and both lifetime and current asthma prevalence in the crude …