TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bousquet, J.
A1  - Onorato, G. L.
A1  - Bachert, C.
A1  - Barbolini, M.
A1  - Bedbrook, A.
A1  - Bjermer, L.
A1  - Correia de Sousa, J.
A1  - Chavannes, N. H.
A1  - Cruz, A. A.
A1  - De Manuel Keenoy, E.
A1  - Devillier, P.
A1  - Fonseca, J.
A1  - Hun, S.
A1  - Kostka, T.
A1  - Hellings, P. W.
A1  - Illario, M.
A1  - Ivancevich, J. C.
A1  - Larenas-Linnemann, D.
A1  - Millot-Keurinck, J.
A1  - Ryan, D.
A1  - Samolinski, B.
A1  - Sheikh, A.
A1  - Yorgancioglu, A.
A1  - Agache, I.
A1  - Arnavielhe, S.
A1  - Bewick, M.
A1  - Annesi-Maesano, I.
A1  - Anto, J. M.
A1  - Bergmann, K. C.
A1  - Bindslev-Jensen, C.
A1  - Bosnic-Anticevich, S.
A1  - Bouchard, J.
A1  - Caimmi, D. P.
A1  - Camargos, P.
A1  - Canonica, G. W.
A1  - Cardona, V.
A1  - Carriazo, A. M.
A1  - Cingi, C.
A1  - Cogan, E.
A1  - Custovic, A.
A1  - Dahl, R.
A1  - Demoly, P.
A1  - De Vries, G.
A1  - Fokkens, W. J.
A1  - Fontaine, J. F.
A1  - Gemicioğlu, B.
A1  - Guldemond, N.
A1  - Gutter, Z.
A1  - Haahtela, T.
A1  - Hellqvist-Dahl, B.
A1  - Jares, E.
A1  - Joos, G.
A1  - Just, J.
A1  - Khaltaev, N.
A1  - Keil, T.
A1  - Klimek, L.
A1  - Kowalski, M. L.
A1  - Kull, I.
A1  - Kuna, P.
A1  - Kvedariene, V.
A1  - Laune, D.
A1  - Louis, R.
A1  - Magnan, A.
A1  - Malva, J.
A1  - Mathieu-Dupas, E.
A1  - Melén, E.
A1  - Menditto, E.
A1  - Morais-Almeida, M.
A1  - Mösges, R.
A1  - Mullol, J.
A1  - Murray, R.
A1  - Neffen, H.
A1  - O'Hehir, R.
A1  - Palkonen, S.
A1  - Papadopoulos, N. G.
A1  - Passalacqua, G.
A1  - Pépin, J. L.
A1  - Portejoie, F.
A1  - Price, D.
A1  - Pugin, B.
A1  - Raciborski, F.
A1  - Simons, F. E. R.
A1  - Sova, M.
A1  - Spranger, O.
A1  - Stellato, C.
A1  - Todo Bom, A.
A1  - Tomazic, P. V.
A1  - Triggiani, M.
A1  - Valero, A.
A1  - Valovirta, E.
A1  - VandenPlas, O.
A1  - Valiulis, A.
A1  - van Eerd, M.
A1  - Ventura, M. T.
A1  - Wickmann, M.
A1  - Young, I.
A1  - Zuberbier, T.
A1  - Zurkuhlen, A.
A1  - Senn, A.
T1  - CHRODIS criteria applied to the MASK (MACVIA-ARIA Sentinel NetworK) Good Practice in allergic rhinitis: a SUNFRAIL report
JF  - Clinical and Translational Allergy
N2  - A Good Practice is a practice that works well, produces good results, and is recommended as a model. MACVIA-ARIA Sentinel Network (MASK), the new Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) initiative, is an example of a Good Practice focusing on the implementation of multi-sectoral care pathways using emerging technologies with real life data in rhinitis and asthma multi-morbidity. The European Union Joint Action on Chronic Diseases and Promoting Healthy Ageing across the Life Cycle (JA-CHRODIS) has developed a checklist of 28 items for the evaluation of Good Practices. SUNFRAIL (Reference Sites Network for Prevention and Care of Frailty and Chronic Conditions in community dwelling persons of EU Countries), a European Union project, assessed whether MASK is in line with the 28 items of JA-CHRODIS. A short summary was proposed for each item and 18 experts, all members of ARIA and SUNFRAIL from 12 countries, assessed the 28 items using a Survey Monkey-based questionnaire. A visual analogue scale (VAS) from 0 (strongly disagree) to 100 (strongly agree) was used. Agreement equal or over 75% was observed for 14 items (50%). MASK is following the JA-CHRODIS recommendations for the evaluation of Good Practices.
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Rhinitis
KW  - Asthma
KW  - CHRODIS
KW  - ARIA
KW  - MASK
KW  - Sunfrail
KW  - Good Practices
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173527
VL  - 2017
IS  - 7
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Garcia-Larsen, Vanessa
A1  - Arthur, Rhonda
A1  - Potts, James F.
A1  - Howarth, Peter H.
A1  - Ahlström, Matti
A1  - Haahtela, Tari
A1  - Loureiro, Carlos
A1  - Bom, Ana Todo
A1  - Brożek, Grzegorz
A1  - Makowska, Joanna
A1  - Kowalski, Marek L.
A1  - Thilsing, Trine
A1  - Keil, Thomas
A1  - Matricardi, Paolo M.
A1  - Torén, Kjell
A1  - van Zele, Thibaut
A1  - Bachert, Claus
A1  - Rymarczyk, Barbara
A1  - Janson, Christer
A1  - Forsberg, Bertil
A1  - Niżankowska-Mogilnicka, Ewa
A1  - Burney, Peter G. J.
T1  - Is fruit and vegetable intake associated with asthma or chronic rhino-sinusitis in European adults? Results from the Global Allergy and Asthma Network of Excellence (GA\(^2\)LEN) Survey
JF  - Clinical and Translational Allergy
N2  - Background: Fruits and vegetables are rich in compounds with proposed antioxidant, anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory properties, which could contribute to reduce the prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases.
Objective: We investigated the association between asthma, and chronic rhino-sinusitis (CRS) with intake of fruits and vegetables in European adults.
Methods: A stratified random sample was drawn from the Global Allergy and Asthma Network of Excellence (GA\(^2\)LEN) screening survey, in which 55,000 adults aged 15–75 answered a questionnaire on respiratory symptoms. Asthma score (derived from self-reported asthma symptoms) and CRS were the outcomes of interest. Dietary intake of 22 subgroups of fruits and vegetables was ascertained using the internationally validated GA\(^2\)LEN Food Frequency Questionnaire. Adjusted associations were examined with negative binomial and multiple regressions. Simes procedure was used to control for multiple testing.
Results: A total of 3206 individuals had valid data on asthma and dietary exposures of interest. 22.8% reported having at least 1 asthma symptom (asthma score ≥1), whilst 19.5% had CRS. After adjustment for potential confounders, asthma score was negatively associated with intake of dried fruits (β-coefficient −2.34; 95% confidence interval [CI] −4.09, −0.59), whilst CRS was statistically negatively associated with total intake of fruits (OR 0.73; 95% CI 0.55, 0.97). Conversely, a positive association was observed between asthma score and alliums vegetables (adjusted β-coefficient 0.23; 95% CI 0.06, 0.40). None of these associations remained statistically significant after controlling for multiple testing.
Conclusion and clinical relevance: There was no consistent evidence for an association of asthma or CRS with fruit and vegetable intake in this representative sample of European adults.
KW  - Fruits
KW  - Vegetables
KW  - Asthma
KW  - Chronic rhino‑sinusitis
KW  - Adults
KW  - Europe
KW  - Meta‑analysis
KW  - GA\(^2\)LEN
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-180887
VL  - 7
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fröhlich, M.
A1  - Pinart, M.
A1  - Keller, T.
A1  - Reich, A.
A1  - Cabieses, B.
A1  - Hohmann, C.
A1  - Postma, D. S.
A1  - Bousquet, J.
A1  - Antó, J. M.
A1  - Keil, T.
A1  - Roll, S.
T1  - Is there a sex-shift in prevalence of allergic rhinitis and comorbid asthma from childhood to adulthood? A meta-analysis
JF  - Clinical and Translational Allergy
N2  - Background: Allergic rhinitis and asthma as single entities affect more boys than girls in childhood but more females in adulthood. However, it is unclear if this prevalence sex-shift also occurs in allergic rhinitis and concurrent asthma. Thus, our aim was to compare sex-specifc differences in the prevalence of coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma in childhood, adolescence and adulthood.

Methods: Post-hoc analysis of systematic review with meta-analysis concerning sex-specific prevalence of allergic rhinitis. Using random-effects meta-analysis, we assessed male–female ratios for coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma in children (0–10 years), adolescents (11–17) and adults (> 17). Electronic searches were performed using MEDLINE and EMBASE for the time period 2000–2014. We included population-based observational studies, reporting coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma as outcome stratifed by sex. We excluded non-original or non-population-based studies, studies with only male or female participants or selective patient collectives.

Results: From a total of 6539 citations, 10 studies with a total of 93,483 participants met the inclusion criteria. The male–female ratios (95% CI) for coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma were 1.65 (1.52; 1.78) in children (N = 6 studies), 0.61 (0.51; 0.72) in adolescents (N = 2) and 1.03 (0.79; 1.35) in adults (N = 2). Male–female ratios for allergic rhinitis only were 1.25 (1.19; 1.32, N = 5) in children, 0.80 (0.71; 0.89, N = 2) in adolescents and 0.98 (0.74; 1.30, N = 2) in adults, respectively.

Conclusions: The prevalence of coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma shows a clear male predominance in childhood and seems to switch to a female predominance in adolescents. This switch was less pronounced for allergic rhinitis only.
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Allergic rhinitis
KW  - Asthma
KW  - Multimorbidity
KW  - Prevalence
KW  - Systematic review
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172508
VL  - 7
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Triphan, Simon M. F.
A1  - Jobst, Bertram J.
A1  - Anjorin, Angela
A1  - Sedlaczek, Oliver
A1  - Wolf, Ursula
A1  - Terekhov, Maxim
A1  - Hoffmann, Christian
A1  - Ley, Sebastian
A1  - Düber, Christoph
A1  - Biederer, Jürgen
A1  - Kauczor, Hans-Ulrich
A1  - Jakob, Peter M.
A1  - Wielpütz, Mark O.
T1  - Reproducibility and comparison of oxygen-enhanced T\(_1\) quantification in COPD and asthma patients
JF  - PLoS ONE
N2  - T\(_1\) maps have been shown to yield useful diagnostic information on lung function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, both for native T\(_1\) and ΔT\(_1\), the relative reduction while breathing pure oxygen. As parameter quantification is particularly interesting for longitudinal studies, the purpose of this work was both to examine the reproducibility of lung T\(_1\) mapping and to compare T\(_1\) found in COPD and asthma patients using IRSnapShotFLASH embedded in a full MRI protocol. 12 asthma and 12 COPD patients (site 1) and further 15 COPD patients (site 2) were examined on two consecutive days. In each patient, T\(_1\) maps were acquired in 8 single breath-hold slices, breathing first room air, then pure oxygen. Maps were partitioned into 12 regions each to calculate average values. In asthma patients, the average T\(_{1,RA}\) = 1206ms (room air) was reduced to T\(_{1,O2}\) = 1141ms under oxygen conditions (ΔT\(_1\) = 5.3%, p < 5⋅10\(^{−4})\), while in COPD patients both native T\(_{1,RA}\) = 1125ms was significantly shorter (p < 10\(^{−3})\) and the relative reduction to T\(_{1,O2}\) = 1081ms on average ΔT\(_1\) = 4.2%(p < 10\(^{−5}\)). On the second day, with T\(_{1,RA}\) = 1186ms in asthma and T\(_{1,RA}\) = 1097ms in COPD, observed values were slightly shorter on average in all patient groups. ΔT\(_1\) reduction was the least repeatable parameter and varied from day to day by up to 23% in individual asthma and 30% in COPD patients. While for both patient groups T\(_1\) was below the values reported for healthy subjects, the T\(_1\) and ΔT\(_1\) found in asthmatics lies between that of the COPD group and reported values for healthy subjects, suggesting a higher blood volume fraction and better ventilation. However, it could be demonstrated that lung T\(_1\) quantification is subject to notable inter-examination variability, which here can be attributed both to remaining contrast agent from the previous day and the increased dependency of lung T\(_1\) on perfusion and thus current lung state.
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Chronic obstrusive pulmonary disease
KW  - Asthma
KW  - Oxygen
KW  - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW  - Breathing
KW  - Pulmonary imaging
KW  - Protons
KW  - Diagnostic medicine
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-171833
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
ER  -