Background Although women with severe non-allergic asthma may represent a substantial
proportion of adults with asthma in clinical practice, gender differences in the incidence of …

Objective: To investigate the variability and determinants of menopause age in two European
cohort studies, the European Respiratory Health Survey and the Swiss Air Pollution and …

Gender differences in respiratory health have, in recent years, been the focus of considerable
scientific effort. This paper reviews recent literature on respiratory health in women in …

BACKGROUND: There is limited information on potential changes in respiratory health when
women enter the menopausal transition. OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate whether the …

… Real and colleagues showed that lung function was lower in menopausal women (10),
and that women with irregular menstruation had lower lung function (11); furthermore, lung …

Background There is limited and conflicting evidence on the effect of menopause on asthma.
Objectives We sought to study whether the incidence of asthma and respiratory symptoms …

Background: Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and obesity both appear to increase the
risk of asthma. A study was undertaken to investigate the association of HRT with asthma …

Background Selection bias is a systematic error in epidemiologic studies that may seriously
distort true measures of associations between exposure and disease. Observational studies …

BACKGROUND: Oligomenorrhea was associated with more asthma (Respiratory Health in
Northern Europe study), but a possible association with lung function has not been …

Objective We assessed associations between physical activity and lung function, and its
decline, in the prospective population-based European Community Respiratory Health Survey …