Outcome and trends in obstructive lung disease (OLD) and cardiovascular relation to OLD

Oral Presentation
Chairs: C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden), J. Sunyer (Barcelona, Spain)

Associations between lung function and dyspnoea, self-rated health, and mortality: the Nord-Trondelag health study L. Leivseth, T. I. L. Nilsen, R. Johnsen, T. L. Holmen, A. Langhammer (Trondheim, Verdal, Norway)
The natural history of chronic airflow obstruction revisited: an analysis of the Framingham offspring cohort R. Kohansal, P. Martinez Camblor, A. Agusti, D. M. Mannino, S. Buist, J. B. Soriano (Bunyola, Illes Balears, Mallorca, Palma de Mallorca, Illes Baleares, Spain; Vienna, Austria; Lexington, KY, Portland, OR, United States Of America)
Decline in PM10 and attenuated age-related increase in respiratory symptoms – 20 year follow-up of the SALIA study T. Schikowski, D. Sugiri, U. Ranft, U. Krämer (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Prevalence of asthma symptoms worldwide: phase three of the international study of asthma and allergies in childhood (ISAAC III) C. Lai, R. Beasley, J. Crane, S. Foliaki, J. Shah, S. Weiland, And the ISAAC Phase Three Study Group (Hong Kong)
Changes in prevalence and severity in asthma in young Danish adults over 3 decades A. Browatzki, C. Suppli Ulrik, P. Lange (Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Is COPD a risk factor for increased arterial stiffness? J. H. Janner, N. S. Godtfredsen, E. Prescott, P. Lange, J. Vestbo (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Subclinical cardiovascular disease in early emphysema. The MESA Lung Study R. G. Barr, F. Ahmed, J. J. Carr, E. A. Hoffman, R. Jiang, S. Kawut, N. Punjabi, K. Watson (New York, NY, Winston-Salem, NC, Iowa City, IA, Baltimore, MD, Los Angeles, CA, United States Of America)
Conclusion - Summary of the session J. Vestbo (Hvidovre, Denmark)