The sex-shift in single disease and multimorbid asthma and rhinitis during puberty - a study by MeDALL.

Theresa KellerC HohmannM StandlA H WijgaU GehringE MelénCatarina AlmqvistS LauEsben EllerU WahnE S ChristiansenA von BergJ HeinrichIrina LehmannD MaierD S PostmaJ M AntóJ BousquetT KeilStephanie Roll

Published in: Allergy (2017)

The male predominance in prevalence before puberty and the "sex-shift" towards females after puberty onset were strongest in multimorbid patients who had asthma and rhinitis concurrently.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
allergic rhinitis
risk factors
air pollution