Risk factors for asthma after infant bronchiolitis.

Sari TörmänenE LauhkonenR RiikonenP KoponenH HuhtalaM HelminenM KorppiK Nuolivirta

Published in: Allergy (2017)

After bronchiolitis at less than 6 months of age, the risk of doctor-diagnosed asthma at 11-13 years was about twice that of the general Finnish population. Maternal asthma was the only independently significant early-life risk factor for current asthma at 11-13 years of age.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
early life
allergic rhinitis
cystic fibrosis
pregnant women
air pollution
body mass index
birth weight
pregnancy outcomes
weight gain