Current smoker 42 (10.6) 6 (5.9) 36 (12.2) 0.108 Never smoker 4 (1.0) 2 (2.0) 2 (0.7) Ex-
smoker 350 (88.4) 93 (92.1) 257 (87.1) Smoking history (pack-years) n= 392 n= 99 n= 293 …

Asthmatics in the community suffer morbidity due to poor asthma control. The Global
Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines established minimum goals for the management of …

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have traditionally been
approached as separate entities that must be researched and treated separately. There is …

Background: During the second half of the 20th century the prevalence of asthma has
increased and smoking habits and socioeconomy has changed in Sweden. Aim: To analyze …

Background Asthma and allergies are common and cause substantial burden in symptoms
and suffering, hospitalizations and medication costs. However, despite the high prevalence …

Asthma is a heterogenous disease which is suggested to differentiate by age at onset
according to previous literature. It seems that adult-onset asthma would have weaker …

Background: Although early onset asthma has been well characterised, data on adult onset
asthma are scarce. Aims: To describe characteristics of adult onset asthma using data from 5 …

Background: Knowledge on development in disease prevalence is essential in health care
planning, however, recent studies on asthma prevalence have shown inconsistent …

Introduction Although Asthma-COPD Overlap (ACO) has been described among
populations of subjects with COPD or asthma, ACO has never been described among a …

The development of COPD features, such as an incomplete reversibility of airway
obstruction (IRAO), in smoking or non-smoking asthmatic patients, a condition often named …