Associations of atopy and asthma during aging of an adult population over a 20-year follow-up.

Diogenes S FerreiraSonia KaushikCatherine L SmithShyamali C DharmageGeza P BenkeBruce R ThompsonE Haydn WaltersRory WolfeMichael John Abramson

Published in: The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma (2017)

Atopy remains strongly associated with current asthma in 40 to 64 year-old adults, both prospectively and contemporaneously, but the prospective association is stronger.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
allergic rhinitis
cystic fibrosis
air pollution