Asthma epidemiology: longitudinal and cross-sectional studies

Poster Discussion
Chairs: P. Burney (London, United Kingdom), E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden)

Long term prognostic factors of asthma severity: a prospective 9-year longitudinal study R. De Marco, L. Cazzoletti, S. Accordini, I. Cerveri, A. Corsico, D. Jarvis, C. Janson (Verona, Italy)
Atopy and adult-onset asthma M. S. Jaakkola, R. Piipari, J. J. K. Jaakkola (Birmingham, United Kingdom; Helsinki, Finland)
Obesity and asthma: a causal relation? Evidence from Chile P. Bustos, R. J. Rona, H. Amigo, M. Oyarzun (Santiago, Chile; London, United Kingdom)
Endotoxin exposure and wheezing in a birth cohort of New Zealand children J. Gillespie, K. Wickens, P. Howden-Chapman, R. Siebers, P. Fizharris, I. Town, J. Crane, on Behalf of ICS Study Group (Wellington, Christchurch, New Zealand; London, United Kingdom)
Dietary factors and their relation to asthma and allergy in farm children and Rudolf Steiner school children
Environmental tobacco smoke in childhood and incidence of adult asthma T. Duelien, T. M. L. Eagan, G. E. Eide, A. Gulsvik, P. S. Bakke (Bergen, Norway)
The association of exposure to tobacco smoke and animals with asthma in Mongolia A. Viinanen, S. Munhbayarlah, T. Zevgee, T. Tseregmaa, L. Narantsetseg, T. Naidansuren, T. Lkhagwasuren, M. Koskenvuo, H. Helenius, E. O. Terho (Turku, Finland; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
Home environment in cities with low prevalence of asthma and atopy M. Gunnbjörnsdóttir, D. Norbäck, T. Gíslason, R. Jogi, A. Soon, C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden; Reykjavík, Iceland; Tartu, Estonia)
Incidence and change in prevalence of respiratory symptoms over 11 years (SAPALDIA cohort study) U. Ackermann-Liebrich, D. Keidel, O. Brändli, B. Knöpfli, M. Brutsche, J. M. Tschopp, R. Bettschart, L. Nicod, L. Burdet, P. Leuenberger, Sapaldia Team (Basel, Wald, Davos, Aarau, Montana, Bern, Payerne, Lausanne, Switzerland)
A population-based study of incidence of respiratory symptoms and asthma in relation to occupational group. A 10 years follow-up. Report from the obstructive lung disease in northern Sweden studies (OLIN) U. Hedlund, E. Ronmark, K. Larsson, L. Lundback (Umea, Lulea, Stockholm, Sweden)
Gender differences in respiratory symptoms through adolescence, a longitudinal study; young-HUNT, Norway E. Tollefsen, M. Sue-Chu, R. Johnsen, T. L. Holmen (Verdal, Trondheim, Levanger, Norway)
Incident asthma among young adults S. F. Thomsen, C. S. Ulrik, K. O. Kyvik, K. Larsen, L. R. Skadhauge, I. Steffensen, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Odense, Denmark)
Incident asthma in adults - young women have the highest risk M. Uddenfeldt, M. Leander, C. Janson, D. Norbäck, L. Larsson, A. Rask-Andersen (Uppsala, Östersund, Sweden)
Increasing asthma prevalence in South Australia over a decade. What else is changing? D. H. Wilson, R. J. Adams, G. Tucker, S. Appleton, R. E. Ruffin (Adelaide, Australia)
Changing prevalence of respiratory symptoms in children. A population study 1993-2001 P. I. Frank, M. F. Linehan, P. D. Wicks, M. L. Hazell, T. L. Frank (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Prevalence and severity of asthma in the E3N study in 78 000 women, aged 50 years and over R. Varraso, B. Leynaert, I. Romieu, F. Kauffmann, F. Clavel-Chapelon (Villejuif, Paris, France; Mexico, Mexico)
Low prevalence of asthma in East-European countries - myth or reality? Prevalence of asthma in Estonia - report from the ²FinEsS² study M. Meren, H. M. Loit, A. Raukas-Kivioja, E. Rönmark, B. Lundbäck (Tallinn, Estonia; Stockholm, Lulea, Sweden)
The association between atopy, rhinitis and asthma symptoms, and environmental conditions in infancy in Chilean young adults C. Vargas, H. Amigo, P. Bustos, P. Diaz, R. J. Rona (Santiago, Chile; London, United Kingdom)
How do allergens and trigger factors affect adult asthmatics compared to children? L. Watson, P. G. Davey, P. W. James, K. F. Rabe (Greenford, Dundee, United Kingdom; Leiden, The Netherlands)
Are asthmatics treated according to GINA recommendations? An international survey: ECRHS II L. Cazzoletti, I. Cerveri, A. Corsico, C. Janson, D. Jarvis, A. Gulsvik, I. Pin, P. Vermeire, R. Jogi, S. Accordini, R. De Marco (Verona, Italy)