Josep M. Antó

TL;DR: The updated 15-point ADO index accurately predicts 3-year mortality across the COPD severity spectrum and can be used to inform patients about their prognosis, clinical trial study design or benefit harm assessment of medical interventions.

TL;DR: Asthma in cleaning workers showed many similarities with that in workers known to be at risk for occupational asthma, and atopic sensitisation did not seem to play an important role in cleaning-related asthma.

TL;DR: The results add to the evidence that the adverse effects on survival of smoking and of being sedentary extend later into life, and suggest that promoting physical activity may have an important role in enhancing survival in this age group.

TL;DR: It is suggested that BHR is strongly and independently associated with decreased physical activity, and the mechanisms underlying this association are still unclear.

TL;DR: This article presents the workgroup reports and provides Web links (AsthmaBirthCohorts.eu), where the reader will find tables describing the characteristics of the birth cohorts included in this report, the type of data collected at differing ages, and a selected bibliography provided by the participating birth cohorts.