作者: Maritta S. Jaakkola , Jouni J. K. Jaakkola , Pierre Ernst , Margaret R. Becklake
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摘要: The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between development respiratory symptoms and rate change in ventilatory lung function young adults during a period 8 yr. population consisted 391 subjects who were 15 40 yr age at initial examination, when they underwent spirometry an interviewer-administered ATS-DLD-78-A questionnaire on health, reexamined later. association FEV1 over time (δFEV1 ml/yr) studied linear regression model that included potential confounders other determinants outcome. presence modification by such factors as smoking, childhood exposure environmental tobacco smoke, gender, or atopy assessed significance interaction terms modifiers incident symptoms. Subjects developed wheezing dyspnea whom doctor diagnosed asthma had significantly greater average ...