Smoking and asthma in adults
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Smoking and asthma in adults. / Piipari, R; Jaakkola, Jouni; Jaakkola, N; Jaakkola, Maritta.
In: The European respiratory journal, Vol. 24, 01.01.2004, p. 734-739.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Smoking and asthma in adults
AU - Piipari, R
AU - Jaakkola, Jouni
AU - Jaakkola, N
AU - Jaakkola, Maritta
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - Studies on the effect of smoking on adulthood asthma have provided contradictory results. The current authors conducted a population-based incident case-control study to assess the effects of current and past smoking on the development of asthma in adults. During a 2.5 yr study period, all new asthma cases clinically diagnosed (n=521) and randomly selected controls (n=932) from a geographically defined district in southern Finland were recruited. The risk of developing asthma was significantly higher among current smokers with an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 1.33 (95% confidence interval 1.00-1.77) and among ex-smokers with an adjusted OR 1.49 (1.12-1.97) compared with never-smokers. Among current smokers, the risk increased up to 14 cigarettes x day(-1), and a similar trend was observed in relation to cumulative smoking. In conclusion, the current results support the hypothesis that smoking causes asthma in adulthood.
AB - Studies on the effect of smoking on adulthood asthma have provided contradictory results. The current authors conducted a population-based incident case-control study to assess the effects of current and past smoking on the development of asthma in adults. During a 2.5 yr study period, all new asthma cases clinically diagnosed (n=521) and randomly selected controls (n=932) from a geographically defined district in southern Finland were recruited. The risk of developing asthma was significantly higher among current smokers with an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 1.33 (95% confidence interval 1.00-1.77) and among ex-smokers with an adjusted OR 1.49 (1.12-1.97) compared with never-smokers. Among current smokers, the risk increased up to 14 cigarettes x day(-1), and a similar trend was observed in relation to cumulative smoking. In conclusion, the current results support the hypothesis that smoking causes asthma in adulthood.
KW - smoking
KW - asthma
KW - case-control study
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=8644257535&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1183/09031936.04.00116903
DO - 10.1183/09031936.04.00116903
M3 - Article
C2 - 15516665
VL - 24
SP - 734
EP - 739
JO - The European respiratory journal
JF - The European respiratory journal
SN - 0903-1936
ER -