• Among respiratory symptoms, wheeze associates most strongly with impaired lung function in adults with asthma: A long-term prospective cohort study 

      Bermúdez Barón, Nicolás; Lindberg, Anne; Stridsman, Caroline; Andersson, Martin; Hedman, Linnea; Vikjord, Sigrid Anna Aalberg; Kankaanranta, Hannu; Lundbäck, Bo; Rönmark, Eva; Backman, Helena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background Asthma is a common disease and a major public health concern. Respiratory symptoms are related to its prognosis, which in turn associates with lung function. Still this association on a long-term basis is not ...
    • Changes in lung function in European adults born between 1884 and 1996 and implications for the diagnosis of lung disease: a cross-sectional analysis of ten population-based studies 

      Allinson, James P; Afzal, Shoaib; Çolak, Yunus; Jarvis, Debbie; Backman, Helena; van den Berge, Maarten; Boezen, H Marike; Breyer, Marie-Kathrin; Breyer-Kohansal, Robab; Brusselle, Guy; Burghuber, Otto C; Faner, Rosa; Hartl, Sylvia; Lahousse, Lies; Langhammer, Arnulf; Lundbäck, Bo; Nwaru, Bright I; Rönmark, Eva; Vikjord, Sigrid Anna Aalberg; Vonk, Judith M; Wijnant, Sara R A; Lange, Peter; Nordestgaard, Børge G; Olvera, Nuria; Agusti, Alvar; Donaldson, Gavin C; Wedzicha, Jadwiga A; Vestbo, Jørgen; Vanfleteren, Lowie E G W (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background During the past century, socioeconomic and scientific advances have resulted in changes in the health and physique of European populations. Accompanying improvements in lung function, if unrecognised, could ...
    • The combined effect of exposures to vapours, gases, dusts, fumes and tobacco smoke on current asthma 

      Hisinger-Mölkänen, Hanna; Kankaanranta, Hannu; Haahtela, Tari; Sovijärvi, Anssi; Tuomisto, Leena; Andersén, Heidi; Lindqvist, Ari; Backman, Helena; Langhammer, Arnulf; Rönmark, Eva; Ilmarinen, Pinja; Pallasaho, Paula; Piirilä, Päivi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Smoking, exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and occupational exposure to vapours, gases, dusts or fumes (VGDF) increase asthma symptoms. The impact of combined exposure is less well established. We aimed to ...
    • Multimorbidity in Finnish and Swedish speaking Finns; association with daily habits and socioeconomic status – Nordic EpiLung cross-sectional study 

      Andersén, Heidi; Kankaanranta, Hannu; Tuomisto, Leena E.; Piirilä, Päivi; Sovijärvi, Anssi; Langhammer, Arnulf; Backman, Helena; Lundbäck, Bo; Rönmark, Eva; Lehtimäki, Lauri; Ilmarinen, Pinja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Multimorbidity is an emerging public health priority. This study aims to assess the role of lifestyle and socioeconomic status in the prevalence of multimorbidity and chronic diseases by using two language groups that are ...
    • Self-Reported Physician Diagnosed Asthma with COPD is Associated with Higher Mortality than Self-Reported Asthma or COPD Alone–A Prospective 24-Year Study in the Population of Helsinki, Finland 

      Jalasto, Juuso; Kauppi, Paula; Luukkonen, Ritva; Lindqvist, Ari; Langhammer, Arnulf; Kankaanranta, Hannu; Backman, Helena; Rönmark, Eva; Sovijärvi, Anssi; Piirilä, Päivi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Asthma and COPD are common chronic obstructive respiratory diseases. COPD is associated with increased mortality, but for asthma the results are varying. Their combination has been less investigated, and the results are ...
    • Spirometric phenotypes from early childhood to young adulthood: a Chronic Airway Disease Early Stratification study 

      Wang, Gang; Hallberg, Jenny; Charalampopoulos, Dimitrios; Sanahuja, Maribel Casas; Breyer-Kohansal, Robab; Langhammer, Arnulf; Granell, Raquel; Vonk, Judith M.; Mian, Annemiek; Olvera, Núria; Laustsen, Lisbeth Mølgaard; Rönmark, Eva; Abellan, Alicia; Agusti, Alvar; Arshad, Syed Hasan; Bergström, Anna; Boezen, H. Marike; Breyer, Marie-Kathrin; Burghuber, Otto; Bolund, Anneli Clea; Custovic, Adnan; Devereux, Graham; Donaldson, Gavin C.; Duijts, Liesbeth; Esplugues, Ana; Faner, Rosa; Ballester, Ferran; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Gehring, Ulrike; Haider, Sadia; Hartl, Sylvia; Backman, Helena; Holloway, John W.; Koppelman, Gerard H.; Lertxundi, Aitana; Holmen, Turid Lingaas; Lowe, Lesley; Mensink-Bout, Sara M.; Murray, Clare S.; Roberts, Graham; Hedman, Linnea; Schlünssen, Vivi; Sigsgaard, Torben; Simpson, Angela; Sunyer, Jordi; Torrent, Maties; Turner, Stephen; Van den Berge, Maarten; Vermeulen, Roel; Vikjord, Sigrid Anna Aalberg; Wedzicha, Jadwiga A.; van der Zee, Anke H. Maitland; Melén, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background The prevalences of obstructive and restrictive spirometric phenotypes, and their relation to early-life risk factors from childhood to young adulthood remain poorly understood. The aim was to explore these ...