This review of trends in worldwide asthma prevalence starts with defining how asthma
prevalence is measured in populations and how it is analysed. Four population studies of …

Asthma is one of the most common diseases in the world, resulting in a substantial burden of
disease. Although rates of deaths due to asthma worldwide have reduced greatly over the …

Background Estimation suggests that at least 4 million people die, annually, as a result of
chronic respiratory disease (CRD). The Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory …

Aims Asthma, hay fever and eczema are three common chronic conditions. There have been
no recent multi-country data on the burden of these three conditions in adults; the aims of …

Background Prematurity has been linked to reduced lung function up to age 33 years, but its
long-term effects on lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are …

It is estimated that as many as 300 million people of all ages, and all ethnic backgrounds,
suffer from asthma and the burden of this disease to governments, health care systems …

Background A common promoter polymorphism (rs35705950) in MUC5B, the gene
encoding mucin 5B, is associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. It is not known whether …

Methods This paper arose from an extensive literature review undertaken in developing the
Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) study, a multicentre national …

Background: Skin prick testing is the standard for diagnosing IgE‐mediated allergies.
However, different allergen extracts and different testing procedures have been applied by …

The Mediterranean diet (MD) is considered one of the healthiest dietary models. Many of the
characteristic components of the MD have functional features with positive effects on health …