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Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis doubles the risk for incident asthma – Results from a population study in Helsinki, Finland

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Incidence of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis was higher than in earlier studies, while asthma incidence remained on similar level, both being significantly higher in women.
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This article is published in Respiratory Medicine.The article was published on 2011-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 72 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Asthma.

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Altered microRNA expression of nasal mucosa in long-term asthma and allergic rhinitis.

TL;DR: Differences in miRNA expression in the nasal mucosa of subjects with long-term asthma and AR can be seen also when no markers of Th2-type inflammation are detected, and asthma severity had only a minor impact on mi RNA expression.
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Age-specific incidence of allergic and non-allergic asthma

TL;DR: The incidence of allergic asthma is highest in early childhood and steadily decreases with advancing age, while the incidence of non-allergic asthma is low until it peaks in late adulthood, which is after approximately 40 years of age.
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Follow-up of the Finnish Asthma Programme 2000–2010: reduction of hospital burden needs risk group rethinking

TL;DR: The Finnish Asthma Programme 1994–2004 focused on early intervention and disease control, thereby resulting in a significant reduction of asthma morbidity, and during the follow-up period from 2000 to 2010, the number of hospital days continued to fall.
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The Finnish experience to save asthma costs by improving care in 1987-2013

TL;DR: The Finnish Asthma Program resulted in significant cost savings at both the societal and patient levels during a 26‐year period, resulting in major cost savings.
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Allergic rhinitis and its impact on asthma (ARIA) 2008 update (in collaboration with the World Health Organization, GA(2)LEN and AllerGen)

Jean Bousquet, +95 more
- 01 Apr 2008 - 
TL;DR: The ARIA guidelines for the management of allergic rhinitis and asthma are similar in both the 1999 ARIA workshop report and the 2008 Update as discussed by the authors, but the GRADE approach is not yet available.
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Incidence and prognosis of asthma and wheezing illness from early childhood to age 33 in a national British cohort

TL;DR: Atopy and active cigarette smoking are major influences on the incidence and recurrence of wheezing during adulthood and associations with maternal smoking during pregnancy, abdominal pain, and migraine were largely confined to those without atopy.
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Rhinitis as an independent risk factor for adult-onset asthma

TL;DR: It is concluded that rhinitis is a significant risk factor for adult-onset asthma in both atopic and nonatopic subjects.
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Prevalence of asthma, aspirin intolerance, nasal polyposis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a population-based study.

TL;DR: The current prevalence of doctor-diagnosed asthma among adults is 4.4%, and allergic rhinitis, nasal polyposis and aspirin intolerance are associated with an increased risk of asthma.
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