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Title: Early-life risk factors for reversible and irreversible airflow limitation in young adults: findings from the BAMSE birth cohort.

Authors: Wang, Gang; Kull, Inger; Bergström, Anna; Hallberg, Jenny; Bergström, Petra Um; Guerra, Stefano; Pershagen, Goran; Gruzieva, Olena; van Hage, Marianne; Georgelis, Antonios; Janson, Christer; Lindén, Anders; Melén, Erik

Published In Thorax, (2021 05)

Abstract: We aimed to determine prevalence and early-life risk factors for reversible and irreversible airflow limitation in young adults from the general population. Among young adults in their 20s, the prevalence was 5.3% for reversible airflow limitation and 2.0% for irreversible airflow limitation. While parental asthma was the only risk factor for development of reversible airflow limitation, the risk factors for development of irreversible airflow limitation were current asthma, childhood respiratory tract infections and asthma, and exposure to air pollution.

PubMed ID: 33184098 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Forced Expiratory Volume/physiology*; Global Health; Humans; Prevalence; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/epidemiology*; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/physiopathology; Risk Factors; Spirometry; Vital Capacity/physiology*; Young Adult

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