Josep M. Antó

TL;DR: People with restricted spirometry had a higher prevalence of diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension compared to people with normal lung function, and additional research is needed to better define and describe the mechanisms that lead to restricted spiralometry and potential interventions.

TL;DR: The present results are consistent with asthma being more frequently diagnosed in females, especially obese females, and may help to explain the reports of a stronger association between asthma and obesity in females than in males.

TL;DR: Data from a mobile phone app that collects data from daily visual analogue scales for overall allergic symptoms and the distribution of responses for the VAS supports the interpretation that persons with rhinitis report both the presence and the absence of symptoms.

TL;DR: Criticism of the IARC classification process are unconvincing, the procedures employed by IARC to assemble Working Groups of scientists from the various disciplines and the techniques followed to review the literature and perform hazard assessment of various agents provide a balanced evaluation and an appropriate indication of the weight of the evidence.

TL;DR: Assessment of association of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene with childhood asthma measured up to age 6 and the effect of DDE on the protective effect of breastfeeding on asthma and the relevant time‐window DDE exposure was attempted.