Body mass index in relation to adult asthma among 135,000 Norwegian men and women

W Nystad, HE Meyer, P Nafstad… - American journal of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The authors estimated the association between asthma and body mass index in a 1963–
2002 study of 135,000 Norwegians aged 14–60 years who were followed on average for 21 …

A comparison of genetic and environmental variance structures for asthma, hay fever and eczema with symptoms of the same diseases: a study of Norwegian twins

W Nystad, E Røysamb, P Magnus… - International journal …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Background We compared patterns of genetic and environmental influences on variation in
liability for asthma, hay fever and eczema with those for symptoms of the same diseases …

Long-term improvements in pulmonary function 5 years after bariatric surgery

S Hewitt, S Humerfelt, TT Søvik, ET Aasheim, H Risstad… - Obesity surgery, 2014 - Springer
Background Obesity is associated with reduced pulmonary function. We evaluated
pulmonary function and status of asthma and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) …

Socioeconomical conditions as risk factors for bronchial asthma in children aged 4–5 yrs

M Lindbaek, KW Wefring, EH Grangård… - European Respiratory …, 2003 - Eur Respiratory Soc
A number of factors are associated with the development of childhood asthma. The purpose
of this study was to establish the prevalence of childhood asthma and to explore the …

[PDF][PDF] Astma

W Nystad - Norsk epidemiologi, 1999 - ntnu.no
Astma er betegnelsen på et syndrom med flere undergrupper som er blant de hyppigste
sykdommene i Norge (1). Nyere befolkningsstudier viser også at antall personer som …

[PDF][PDF] Hva har tvillingundersøkelser gitt oss av kunnskap om arveligheten av astma?

W Nystad, P Magnus - Norsk epidemiologi, 2002 - ntnu.no
Lenge har det vært kjent at utviklingen av astma og andre atopiske sykdommer har en
arvelig komponent, og tidlig på 1900 tallet kom det flere studier som påviste en familiær …