• Associations of preconception exposure to air pollution and greenness with offspring asthma and hay fever 

      Kuiper, Ingrid Nordeide; Markevych, Iana; Accordini, Simone; Bertelsen, Randi Jacobsen; Bråbäck, Lennart; Christensen, Jesper Heile; Forsberg, Bertil; Halvorsen, Thomas; Heinrich, Joachim; Hertel, Ole; Hoek, Gerard; Holm, Mathias; de Hoogh, Kees; Janson, Christer; Malinovschi, Anderi; Marcon, Alessandro; Sigsgaard, Torben; Svanes, Cecilie; Johannessen, Ane (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      We investigated if greenness and air pollution exposure in parents’ childhood affect offspring asthma and hay fever, and if effects were mediated through parental asthma, pregnancy greenness/pollution exposure, and offspring ...
    • Atopy Modifies the Association Between Inhaled Corticosteroid Use and Lung Function Decline in Patients with Asthma 

      Marcon, Alessandro; Marchetti, P; Anto, J.M.; Cazzoletti, Lucia; Cerveri, Isa; Corsico, Angelo; Ferreira, D.S.; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Gislason, David; Heinrich, Joachim; Jögi, Rain; Johannessen, Ane; Leynaert, Benedicte; Malinovschi, Andrei; Pin, Isabelle; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Weyler, Joost; Janson, Christer; Jarvis, Deborah; Accordini, Simone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) are the mainstay of asthma treatment, but response to medication is variable. Patients with allergic inflammation generally show a better short-term response to ICSs; however, ...
    • Body mass index and weight change are associated with adult lung function trajectories: the prospective ECRHS study 

      Peralta, Gabriela P.; Marcon, Alessandro; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Abramson, Michael J.; Accordini, Simone; Amaral, André F.S.; Antó, Josep Maria; Bowatte, Gayan; Burney, Peter; Corsico, Angelo; Demoly, Pascal; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Forsberg, Bertil; Fuertes, Elaine; Garcia-Larsen, Vanessa; Gislason, Thorarinn; Gullón, José-Antonio; Heinrich, Joachim; Holm, Mathias; Jarvis, Deborah; Janson, Christer; Jõgi, Rain; Johannessen, Ane; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Rovira, Jesús Martínez-Moratalla; Nowak, Dennis; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Raherison, Chantal; Sánchez-Ramos, José Luis; Sigsgaard, Torben; Siroux, Valérie; Squillacioti, Giulia; Urrutia, Isabel; Weyler, Joost; Zock, Jan-Paul; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Previous studies have reported an association between weight increase and excess lung function decline in young adults followed for short periods. We aimed to estimate lung function trajectories during adulthood ...
    • Body silhouettes as a tool to reflect obesity in the past 

      Lønnebotn, Marianne; Svanes, Cecilie; Igland, Jannicke; Franklin, Karl A.; Accordini, Simone; Benediktsdóttir, Bryndís; Bentohuami, Hayat; Blanco, José Antonio Gullón; Bono, Roberto; Corsico, Angelo; Demoly, Pascal; Dharmage, Shyamali; Dorado Arenas, Sandra; Garcia, Judith; Heinrich, Joachim; Holm, Mathias; Janson, Christer; Jarvis, Deborah; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Martinez-Moratalla, Jesús; Nowak, Dennis; Pin, Isabelle; Raherison-Semjen, Chantal; Sánchez-Ramos, José Luis; Schlünssen, Vivi; Skulstad, Svein Magne; Dratva, Julia; Gomez Real, Francisco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-04-25)
      Life course data on obesity may enrich the quality of epidemiologic studies analysing health consequences of obesity. However, achieving such data may require substantial resources. We investigated the use of body silhouettes ...
    • Bronchodilator response and lung function decline: Associations with exhaled nitric oxide with regard to sex and smoking status 

      Nerpin, Elisabet; Ferreira, Diogenes Seraphim; Weyler, Joost; Schlunnsen, Vivi; Jogi, Rain; Raherison, Chantal; Gislasson, Thorainn; Demoly, Pascal; Heinrich, Joachim; Nowak, Dennis; Corsico, Angelo; Accordini, Simone; Marcon, Alessandro; Squillacioti, Giulia; Olivieri, Mario; Nielsen, Rune; Johannessen, Ane; Real, Francisco Gomez; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Urrutia, Isabel; Pereira-Vega, Antonio; Gullón, José-Antonio; Olin, Anna-Carin; Forsberg, Bertil; Emilsson, Össur Ingi; Pin, Isabelle; Jarvis, Deborah; Janson, Christer; Malinovschi, Andrei (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is a marker of type-2 inflammation used both to support diagnosis of asthma and follow up asthma patients. The associations of FeNO with lung function decline and ...
    • The coexistence of asthma and COPD: risk factors, clinical history and lung function trajectories 

      Marcon, Alessandro; Locatelli, Francesca; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Svanes, Cecilie; Heinrich, Joachim; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Burney, Peter; Corsico, Angelo; Caliskan, Gulser; Calciano, Lucia; Gislason, Thorarinn; Janson, Christer; Jarvis, Deborah; Jõgi, Rain; Lytras, Theodore; Malinovschi, Andrei; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Toren, Kjell; Casas, Lidia; Verlato, Giuseppe; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Accordini, Simone (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Patients with concomitant features of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a heavy disease burden. Using data collected prospectively in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey, we ...
    • Cross-sectional study on exhaled nitric oxide in relation to upper airway inflammatory disorders with regard to asthma and perennial sensitization 

      Krantz, Christina; Accordini, Simone; Alving, Kjell; Corsico, Angelo G.; Demoly, Pascal; Ferreira, Diogenes S.; Forsberg, Bertil; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Gislason, Thorarinn; Heinrich, Joachim; Jõgi, Rain; Johannessen, Ane; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Marcon, Alessandro; Martínez-Moratalla Rovira, Jesús; Nerpin, Elisabet; Nowak, Dennis; Olin, Anna-Carin; Olivieri, Mario; Pereira-Vega, Antonio; Raherison-Semjen, Chantal; Real, Francisco Gomez; Sigsgaard, Torben; Squillacioti, Giulia; Janson, Christer; Malinovschi, Andrei (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      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 ...
    • Describing the status of reproductive ageing simply and precisely: A reproductive ageing score based on three questions and validated with hormone levels 

      Triebner, Kai; Johannessen, Ane; Svanes, Cecilie; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Benediktsdóttir, Bryndís; Demoly, Pascal; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Franklin, Karl A.; Heinrich, Joachim; Holm, Mathias; Jarvis, Deborah; Lindberg, Eva; Moratalla, Jesús Martínez; Agirre, Nerea Muniozguren; Sánchez-Ramos, José Luis; Schlünssen, Vivi; Skulstad, Svein Magne; Hustad, Steinar; Rodríguez, Francisco J.; Gomez Real, Francisco (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Objective Most women live to experience menopause and will spend 4–8 years transitioning from fertile age to full menstrual stop. Biologically, reproductive ageing is a continuous process, but by convention, it is defined ...
    • Early life exposures contributing to accelerated lung function decline in adulthood – a follow-up study of 11,000 adults from the general population 

      Kirkeleit, Jorunn; Riise, Trond; Wielscher, Mathias; Accordini, Simone; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Dratva, Julie; Franklin, Karl A.; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Jarvis, Deborah; Leynaert, Benedicte; Lodge, Caroline J.; Gomez Real, Francisco; Schlünssen, Vivi; Corsico, Angelo Guido; Heinrich, Joachim; Holm, Matthias; Janson, Christer; Benediktsdóttir, Bryndís; Jogi, Rain; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Svanes, Cecilie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background We aimed to assess whether exposure to risk factors in early life from conception to puberty continue to contribute to lung function decline later in life by using a pooled cohort comprising approx. 11,000 adults ...
    • Exogenous female sex steroids may reduce lung ageing after menopause: A 20-year follow-up study of a general population sample (ECRHS) 

      Triebner, Kai; Accordini, Simone; Calciano, Lucia; Johannessen, Ane; Benediktsdóttir, Bryndís; Bifulco, Ersilia; Demoly, Pascal; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Franklin, Karl A.; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Gullón Blanco, José Antonio; Heinrich, Joachim; Holm, Mathias; Jarvis, Debbie; Jõgi, Rain; Lindberg, Eva; Martínez-Moratalla, Jesús; Muniozguren Agirre, Nerea; Pin, Isabelle; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Raherison, Chantal; Sánchez-Ramos, José Luis; Schlünssen, Vivi; Svanes, Cecilie; Hustad, Simon Steinar; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Gomez Real, Francisco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Objectives: Menopause involves hypoestrogenism, which is associated with numerous detrimental effects, including on respiratory health. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is often used to improve symptoms of menopause. The ...
    • Female sex hormones and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea in European women of a population-based cohort 

      Sigurðardóttir, Erla S.; Gislason, Thorarinn; Benediktsdottir, Bryndis; Hustad, Simon Steinar; Dadvand, Payam; Demoly, Pascal; Franklin, Karl A.; Heinrich, Joachim; Holm, Mathias; van der Plaat, Diana A.; Jõgi, Rain; Leynaert, Benedicte; Lindberg, Eva; Martinez-Moratalla, Jesus; De Aja, Leire Sainz; Pesce, Giancarlo; Pin, Isabelle; Raherison, Chantal; Pereira-Vega, Antonio; Real, Francisco Gomez; Triebner, Kai Philipp (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      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 ...
    • Genome-wide association meta-analysis of childhood and adolescent internalizing symptoms 

      Jami, Eshim S.; Hammerschlag, Anke R.; Ip, Hill F.; Allegrini, Andrea G.; Benyamin, Beben; Border, Richard; Diemer, Elizabeth W.; Jiang, Chang; Karhunen, Ville; Lu, Yi; Lu, Qing; Mallard, Travis T.; Mishra, Pashupati P.; Nolte, Ilja M.; Palviainen, Teemu; Peterson, Roseann E.; Sallis, Hannah M.; Shabalin, Andrey A.; Tate, Ashley E.; Thiering, Elisabeth; Vilor-Tejedor, Natàlia; Wang, Carol; Zhou, Ang; Adkins, Daniel E.; Alemany, Silvia; Ask, Helga; Chen, Qi; Corley, Robin P.; Ehli, Erik A.; Evans, Luke M.; Havdahl, Alexandra; Hagenbeek, Fiona A.; Hakulinen, Christian; Henders, Anjali K.; Hottenga, Jouke Jan; Korhonen, Tellervo; Mamun, Abdullah; Marrington, Shelby; Neumann, Alexander; Rimfeld, Kaili; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Silberg, Judy L.; van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E.; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Whipp, Alyce M.; Tong, Xiaoran; Andreassen, Ole; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Brown, Sandra A.; Burt, S. Alexandra; Copeland, William; Dick, Danielle M.; Harden, K. Paige; Harris, Kathleen Mullan; Hartman, Catharina A.; Heinrich, Joachim; Hewitt, John K.; Hopfer, Christian; Hypponen, Elina; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Kaprio, Jaakko; Keltikangas-Järvinen, Liisa; Klump, Kelly L.; Krauter, Kenneth; Kuja-Halkola, Ralf; Larsson, Henrik; Lehtimäki, Terho; Lichtenstein, Paul; Lundström, Sebastian; Maes, Hermine H.; Magnus, Per Minor; Munafò, Marcus R.; Najman, Jake M.; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Pennell, Craig E.; Plomin, Robert; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Reynolds, Chandra; Rose, Richard J.; Smolen, Andrew; Snieder, Harold; Stallings, Michael; Standl, Marie; Sunyer, Jordi; Tiemeier, Henning; Wadsworth, Sally J.; Wall, Tamara L.; Whitehouse, Andrew J.O.; Williams, Gail M.; Ystrøm, Eivind; Nivard, Michel G.; Bartels, Meike; Middeldorp, Christel M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Objective: To investigate the genetic architecture of internalizing symptoms in childhood and adolescence. Method: In 22 cohorts, multiple univariate genome-wide association studies (GWASs) were performed using repeated ...
    • Interaction between gas cooking and GSTM1 null genotype in bronchial responsiveness: Results from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey 

      Amaral, André F.S.; Ramasamy, Adaikalavan; Castro-Giner, Francesc; Minelli, Cosetta; Accordini, Simone; Sørheim, Inga Cecilie; Pin, Isabelle; Kogevinas, Manolis; Jõgi, Rain; Balding, David J.; Norbäck, Dan; Verlato, Guiseppe; Olivieri, Mario; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Janson, Christer; Zock, Jan-Paul; Heinrich, Joachim; Jarvis, Deborah L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)
      Background: Increased bronchial responsiveness is characteristic of asthma. Gas cooking, which is a major indoor source of the highly oxidant nitrogen dioxide, has been associated with respiratory symptoms and reduced lung ...
    • Lifelong exposure to air pollution and greenness in relation to asthma, rhinitis and lung function in adulthood 

      Kuiper, Ingrid Nordeide; Svanes, Cecilie; Markevych, Iana; Accordini, Simone; Bertelsen, Randi Jacobsen; Bråbäck, Lennart; Christensen, Jesper Heile; Forsberg, Bertil; Halvorsen, Thomas; Heinrich, Joachim; Hertel, Ole; Hoek, Gerard; Holm, Mathias; De Hoogh, Kees; Janson, Christer; Malinovschi, Andrei; Marcon, Alessandro; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Sigsgaard, Torben; Johannessen, Ane (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Objectives To investigate if air pollution and greenness exposure from birth till adulthood affects adult asthma, rhinitis and lung function. Methods: We analysed data from 3428 participants (mean age 28) in the RHINESSA ...
    • Lifelong exposure to residential greenspace and the premenstrual syndrome: A population-based study of Northern European women 

      Triebner, Kai Philipp; Markevych, Iana; Bertelsen, Randi Jacobsen; Skottvoll, Bente Sved; Hustad, Simon Steinar; Forsberg, Bertil; Franklin, Karl A; Holm, Mathias; Lindberg, Eva; Heinrich, Joachim; Real, Francisco Gomez; Dadvand, Payam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background: The premenstrual syndrome (PMS) causes clinically relevant psychological and physical symptoms in up to 20% of women of reproductive age. To date, no studies have investigated the relationship between PMS and ...
    • Long-term exposure to low-level air pollution and greenness and mortality in Northern Europe. The Life-GAP project 

      Xu, Shanshan; Marcon, Alessandro; Bertelsen, Randi Jacobsen; Benediktsdottir, Bryndis; Brandt, Jørgen; Engemann, Kristine; Frohn, Lise Marie; Geels, Camilla; Gislason, Thorarinn; Heinrich, Joachim; Holm, Mathias; Janson, Christer; Markevych, Iana; Modig, Lars; Orru, Hans; Schlunssen, Vivi; Sigsgaard, Torben; Johannessen, Ane (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Air pollution has been linked to mortality, but there are few studies examining the association with different exposure time windows spanning across several decades. The evidence for the effects of green space ...
    • Low serum DHEA-S is associated with impaired lung function in women 

      Triebner, Kai; Pesce, Giancarlo; van der Plaat, Diana A.; Courbon, Dominique; Hustad, Steinar; Sigsgaard, Torben; Nowak, Dennis; Heinrich, Joachim; Antó, Jósep Maria; Dorado-Arenas, Sandra; Martínez-Moratalla, Jesús; Gullon-Blanco, Jose A.; Sánchez-Ramos, José L.; Rahérison, Chantal; Pin, Isabelle; Demoly, Pascal; Toren, Kjell; Forsberg, Bertil; Lindberg, Eva; Zemp, Elisabeth; Jogi, Rain; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Jarvis, Debbie; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Marcon, Alessandro; Gómez-Real, Francisco; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Gislason, Thorarinn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Emerging evidence suggests that androgens and estrogens have a role in respiratory health, but it is largely unknown whether levels of these hormones can affect lung function in adults from the general population. ...
    • Outdoor air pollution and hormone-assessed pubertal development in children: Results from the GINIplus and LISA birth cohorts 

      Zhao, Tianyu; Triebner, Kai Philipp; Markevych, Iana; Standl, Marie; Altug, Hicran; de Hoogh, Kees; Schikowski, Tamara; Berdel, Dietrich; Koletzko, Sibylle; Bauer, Carl-Peter; von Berg, Andrea; Nowak, Dennis; Heinrich, Joachim (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Air pollution is hypothesized to affect pubertal development. However, the few studies on this topic yielded overall mixed results. These studies did not consider important pollutants like ozone, and none of ...
    • Pharmacological treatment of asthma in a cohort of adults during a 20-year period: results from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey I, II and III 

      Janson, Christer; Accordini, Simone; Cazzoletti, Lucia; Cerveri, Isa; Chanoine, S; Corsico, Angelo; Ferreira, D.S.; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Gislason, Thorarinn; Nielsen, Rune; Johannessen, Ane; Jõgi, Rain; Malinovschi, Andrei; Moratalla, Jesús Martínez; Marcon, Alessandro; Pin, Isabelle; Quint, JK; Siroux, Valerie; Almar, Enrique; Bellisario, Valeria; Franklin, Karl A.; Gullon, JA; Holm, Mathias; Heinrich, Joachim; Nowak, Dennis; Sánchez-Ramos, José Luis; Weyler, Joost; Jarvis, Deborah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Asthma often remains uncontrolled, despite the fact that the pharmacological treatment has undergone large changes. We studied changes in the treatment of asthma over a 20-year period and identified factors associated with ...
    • Physical activity and lung function—Cause or consequence? 

      Bédard, Annabelle; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Fuertes, Elaine; Accordini, Simone; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Garcia-Larsen, Vanessa; Heinrich, Joachim; Janson, Christer; Johannessen, Ane; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Sánchez-Ramos, José Luis; Peralta, Gabriela P.; Pin, Isabelle; Squillacioti, Giulia; Weyler, Joost; Jarvis, Deborah; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Concerns exist that the positive association of physical activity with better lung function, which has been suggested in previous longitudinal studies in smokers, is due to reverse causation. To investigate this, we applied ...