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Ane Johannessen

University of Bergen
Verified email at med.uib.no
Cited by 10502

Gender differences in COPD: are women more susceptible to smoking effects than men?

IC Sørheim, A Johannessen, A Gulsvik, PS Bakke… - Thorax, 2010 - thorax.bmj.com
Background The number of female smokers developing chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) is rapidly increasing, but whether or not there exists a differential …

Post-bronchodilator spirometry reference values in adults and implications for disease management

A Johannessen, S Lehmann, ER Omenaas… - American journal of …, 2006 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: International guidelines promote the use of post-bronchodilator spirometry values
in the definition and severity classification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Implications of reversibility testing on prevalence and risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a community study

A Johannessen, ER Omenaas, PS Bakke, A Gulsvik - Thorax, 2005 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: The Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has defined chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a post-bronchodilator ratio of forced expiratory …

Mortality by level of emphysema and airway wall thickness

A Johannessen, TD Skorge, M Bottai… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: There is limited knowledge of the prognostic value of quantitative computed
tomography (CT) measures of emphysema and airway wall thickness (AWT) on mortality …

Mortality prediction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease comparing the GOLD 2007 and 2011 staging systems: a pooled analysis of individual patient data

JB Soriano, B Lamprecht, AS Ramírez… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background There is no universal consensus on the best staging system for chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although documents (eg, the Global Initiative for …

Predictors of dyspnoea prevalence: results from the BOLD study

R Grønseth, WM Vollmer, JA Hardie… - European …, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Dyspnoea is a cardinal symptom for cardiorespiratory diseases. No study has assessed
worldwide variation in dyspnoea prevalence or predictors of dyspnoea. We used cross …

A three-generation study on the association of tobacco smoking with asthma

S Accordini, L Calciano, A Johannessen… - International journal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Mothers' smoking during pregnancy increases asthma risk in their offspring.
There is some evidence that grandmothers' smoking may have a similar effect, and …

Menopause is associated with accelerated lung function decline

K Triebner, B Matulonga, A Johannessen… - American journal of …, 2017 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Menopause is associated with changes in sex hormones, which affect immunity,
inflammation, and osteoporosis and may impair lung function. Lung function decline has not …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution and asthma in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review protocol

AP Abbah, S Xu, A Johannessen - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Several epidemiological studies have examined the risk of asthma and
respiratory diseases in association with long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution …

[HTML][HTML] The exposome approach in allergies and lung diseases: is it time to define a preconception exposome?

JP López-Cervantes, M Lønnebotn, NO Jogi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Emerging research suggests environmental exposures before conception may adversely
affect allergies and lung diseases in future generations. Most studies are limited as they …