Background Asthma is a heterogeneous syndrome with different clinical subtypes that is
associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). We hypothesized that …

Objectives—To identify and characterize an association between persistent asthma and
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) …

BACKGROUND: While asthma is known to be associated with cardiovascular disease
(CVD), the relation to specific manifestations of CVD has not been previously described. Our …

Purpose: To quantify the association between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and asthma in
Canadian adults and to determine whether age of asthma onset is a moderator of this …

Asthma has been associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The authors
ascertained the association of asthma with CVD and the roles that sex, concurrent allergy …

Background Although asthma has been suggested as a risk factor for cardiovascular
disease (CVD), robust longitudinal evidence of this relationship is limited. Research …

Higher mortality in asthmatics has been shown previously. However, evidence on different
asthma phenotypes on long-term mortality risk is limited. The aim was to evaluate the impact …

Objectives A significant proportion of cardiovascular disease (CVD) cannot be explained by
well-known risk factors such as high cholesterol, hypertension and diabetes. One potential …

Background: A possible association between asthma and cardiovascular disease has been
described in several exploratory studies. Methods: The association of self-reported, doctor …

Background Asthma and cardiovascular disease (CVD) share many risk factors. Previous
meta-analyses indicated that asthma is associated with an increased risk of CVD and all …