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(2023-05)INTRODUCTION: Previous studies on the association between abdominal and general obesity and respiratory disease have provided conflicting results. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: We aimed to explore the associations of abdominal obesity with respiratory symptoms, ... -
(2023-05-23)Background: Spirometric small airways obstruction (SAO) is common in the general population. Whether spirometric SAO is associated with respiratory symptoms, cardiometabolic diseases, and quality of life (QoL) is unknown. Methods: Using data from the ...
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(2022-12-01)We studied home environment exposures in relation to asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis among offspring of participants (parents) in the Respiratory Health in Northern Europe (RHINE) study (age ≤ 30 y). Totally 17,881 offspring from Iceland, ...
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(2023-08-11)BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are common chronic diseases that are associated with chronic and intermittent hypoxemia, respectively. Patients affected by the overlap of COPD and OSA have a ...
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(2022-01-12)Background: Breathlessness is a major cause of suffering and disability globally. The symptom relates to multiple factors including asthma and lung function, which are influenced by hereditary factors. No study has evaluated potential inheritance of ...
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(2022)Background: Although asthma and allergic rhinitis are chronic diseases, some patients experience periods of remission. Information on prognostic factors associated with the remission of asthma and allergic rhinitis is valuable in resource prioritization. ...
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(2022-06-01)Purpose The Respiratory Health in Northern Europe, Spain and Australia (RHINESSA) cohort was established to (1) investigate how exposures before conception and in previous generations influence health and disease, particularly allergies and respiratory ...
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(2022-02)Background: Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is a well-known marker of type-2 inflammation. FeNO is elevated in asthma and allergic rhinitis, with IgE sensitization as a major determinant. Objective: We aimed to see whether there was an independent ...
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(2022-07-27)The increasing prevalence of asthma is linked to westernization and urbanization. Farm environments have been associated with a lower risk of asthma development. However, this may not be universal, as the association differs across birth cohorts and ...
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(2022-04-06)Svefn er sífellt oftar til umfjöllunar hér á landi. Áberandi eru fullyrðingar um að svefnlengd sé að styttast og stefni heilsu Íslendinga í voða. Fjárhagslegir hagsmunir og sölumennska lita umræðu um heilsu og þar er svefn engin undantekning. Í þessari ...
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(2022-06)Background The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea is higher in women after menopause. This is suggested to be a result of an altered sex hormone balance but has so far not been confirmed in a population-based study. Objective To investigate whether ...
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(2024-03-01)Background: Gas cooking is an important source of indoor air pollutants, and there is some limited evidence that it might adversely be associated with respiratory health. Using repeated cross-sectional data from the multi-centre international European ...
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(2024-01)Aim: To study if individuals with nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux (nGER) and habitual snoring are more likely to develop asthma and respiratory symptoms (i.e. wheeze, cough, chest tightness, breathlessness) than those without these conditions, and ...
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Health-related quality of life as associated with asthma control, psychological status and insomnia (2022)BACKGROUND: Asthma is associated not only with lower health-related quality of life (HRQL) but also with psychological health and insomnia. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between HRQL, asthma symptoms, psychological status and ...
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(2021-05)Study objectives: Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) exhibit heterogeneous heart rate variability (HRV) during wakefulness and sleep. We investigated the influence of OSA severity on HRV parameters during wakefulness in a large international ...
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(2021-03)Ágrip Sjúkdómar tengdir vinnu í heyryki hafa lengi verið þekktir á Íslandi. Árið 1981 hófust rannsóknir á heysjúkdómum að beiðni bændasamtakanna og eru helstu niðurstöður þeirra dregnar saman í þessari grein. Í ljós kom að mikið magn af heymítlum, myglu ...
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(2023-08-15)Airborne bacteria and endotoxin may affect asthma and allergies. However, there is limited understanding of the environmental determinants that influence them. This study investigated the airborne microbiomes in the homes of 1038 participants from five ...
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(2023-06)Social jetlag is the discrepancy between socially determined sleep timing on workdays and biologically determined sleep timing on days free of social obligation. Poor circadian timing of sleep may worsen sleep quality and increase daytime sleepiness ...
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(2023-11-20)BACKGROUND: Chronic airflow obstruction is a key characteristic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We investigated whether isolated small airways obstruction is associated with chronic airflow obstruction later in life. METHODS: We used longitudinal ...
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(2023-02)Introduction: Obesity is a known risk factor for asthma. Although some evidence showed asthma causing obesity in children, the link between asthma and obesity has not been investigated in adults. Methods: We used data from the European Community ...
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