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. 2022 Nov 10;60(5):2201384.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01384-2022. Print 2022 Nov.

Reply to: Early-life respiratory infections and pre-adult asthma: could there be an interaction and differential misclassification?

Evelien R van Meel  1   2 , Liesbeth Duijts  2   3 ; participating authors of the meta-analysis “Early-life respiratory tract infections and the risk of school-age lower lung function and asthma”
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Reply to: Early-life respiratory infections and pre-adult asthma: could there be an interaction and differential misclassification?

Evelien R van Meel et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Upper respiratory tract infections solely in early life are associated with school-age asthma as well, although not as strongly as lower respiratory tract infections solely or both combined https://bit.ly/3ocwwAD

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: L. Duijts declares support from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (LIFECYCLE, grant agreement number 733206, 2016; EUCAN-Connect grant agreement number 824989; ATHLETE, grant agreement number 874583), related to the current manuscript; as well as a research grant from Stichting Vrienden van Sophia; a speaker fee (paid to their institution) from Hong Kong University; and roles as the Vice-chair of the Dutch Pediatric Respiratory Society and as a Member of the Science Committee for the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) for developing annual reports on strategies for asthma management. E.R. van Meel has nothing to disclose.

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  • Early-life respiratory tract infections and the risk of school-age lower lung function and asthma: a meta-analysis of 150 000 European children.
    van Meel ER, Mensink-Bout SM, den Dekker HT, Ahluwalia TS, Annesi-Maesano I, Arshad SH, Baïz N, Barros H, von Berg A, Bisgaard H, Bønnelykke K, Carlsson CJ, Casas M, Chatzi L, Chevrier C, Dalmeijer G, Dezateux C, Duchen K, Eggesbø M, van der Ent C, Fantini M, Flexeder C, Frey U, Forastiere F, Gehring U, Gori D, Granell R, Griffiths LJ, Inskip H, Jerzynska J, Karvonen AM, Keil T, Kelleher C, Kogevinas M, Koppen G, Kuehni CE, Lambrechts N, Lau S, Lehmann I, Ludvigsson J, Magnus MC, Mélen E, Mehegan J, Mommers M, Nybo Andersen AM, Nystad W, Pedersen ESL, Pekkanen J, Peltola V, Pike KC, Pinot de Moira A, Pizzi C, Polanska K, Popovic M, Porta D, Roberts G, Santos AC, Schultz ES, Standl M, Sunyer J, Thijs C, Toivonen L, Uphoff E, Usemann J, Vafeidi M, Wright J, de Jongste JC, Jaddoe VWV, Duijts L. van Meel ER, et al. Eur Respir J. 2022 Oct 6;60(4):2102395. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02395-2021. Print 2022 Oct. Eur Respir J. 2022. PMID: 35487537 Free PMC article.
  • Early-life respiratory infections and pre-adult asthma: could there be an interaction and differential misclassification?
    Perret JL, Dharmage SC, Bui DS. Perret JL, et al. Eur Respir J. 2022 Nov 10;60(5):2201141. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01141-2022. Print 2022 Nov. Eur Respir J. 2022. PMID: 35896212 Free PMC article.

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