The genetics of asthma and allergic disease: a 21st century perspective

C Ober, TC Yao - Immunological reviews, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Asthma and allergy are common conditions with complex etiologies involving both genetic
and environmental contributions. Recent genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) and …

Asthma risk factors

E Toskala, DW Kennedy - International forum of allergy & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Bronchial asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in childhood,
with a current prevalence of 6% to 9%, but a prevalence that is increasing at an alarming …

Happiness and health: environmental and genetic contributions to the relationship between subjective well-being, perceived health, and somatic illness.

E Røysamb, K Tambs… - Journal of personality …, 2003 - psycnet.apa.org
The aim was to identify genetic and environmental influences on the covariances between
subjective well-being (SWB), perceived health, and somatic illness. Analyses were based on …

Changing prevalence of allergic rhinitis and asthma

RM Sly - Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 1999 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This review will enable the reader to discuss prevalence, risk factors, and
prognosis of allergic rhinitis and asthma. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE (PubMed) search …

The pathophysiology of asthma

L Maddox, DA Schwartz - Annual review of medicine, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Asthma is a chronic disorder of the airways that is characterized by reversible
airflow obstruction and airway inflammation, persistent airway hyperreactivity, and airway …

Long-term particulate and other air pollutants and lung function in nonsmokers

DE Abbey, RJ Burchette, SF Knutsen… - American journal of …, 1998 - atsjournals.org
The associations between lung function measures (spirometry and peak expiratory flow
lability) and estimated 20-yr ambient concentrations of respirable particles, suspended …

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 …

Heritability and confirmation of genetic association studies for childhood asthma in twins

V Ullemar, PKE Magnusson, C Lundholm… - Allergy, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background Although the genetics of asthma has been extensively studied using both
quantitative and molecular genetic analysis methods, both approaches lack studies specific …

Risk factors for early, persistent, and late-onset wheezing in young children

F Rusconi, C Galassi, GM Corbo… - American journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
Wheezing in childhood is not a single disorder and different wheezing-associated
respiratory illnesses have been recently described. We investigated the association …

An understanding of the genetic basis of asthma

M Bijanzadeh, PA Mahesh… - Indian Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease in developed nations and its
prevalence has increased in the world over the last 25 years. It is a complex disease with …