PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gang Wang
AU  - Inger Kull
AU  - Anna Bergström
AU  - Jenny Hallberg
AU  - Petra Um Bergström
AU  - Stefano Guerra
AU  - Goran Pershagen
AU  - Olena Gruzieva
AU  - Marianne van Hage
AU  - Antonios Georgelis
AU  - Christer Janson
AU  - Anders Lindén
AU  - Erik Melén
TI  - Early-life risk factors for reversible and irreversible airflow limitation in young adults: findings from the BAMSE birth cohort
AID  - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-215884
DP  - 2020 Nov 05
TA  - Thorax
PG  - thoraxjnl-2020-215884
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/05/thoraxjnl-2020-215884.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/05/thoraxjnl-2020-215884.full
AB  - We aimed to determine prevalence and early-life risk factors for reversible and irreversible airflow limitation in young adults from the general population. Among young adults in their 20s, the prevalence was 5.3% for reversible airflow limitation and 2.0% for irreversible airflow limitation. While parental asthma was the only risk factor for development of reversible airflow limitation, the risk factors for development of irreversible airflow limitation were current asthma, childhood respiratory tract infections and asthma, and exposure to air pollution.