ArticleBMC psychiatry2011
Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with asthma.
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- Adult ADHD and Comorbid Somatic Disease: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of attention disorders · 2018Pooled it
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- Characterizing the neuroimmune environment of offspring in a novel model of maternal allergic asthma and particulate matter exposure.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2023Article
- Associations between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and allergic diseases: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Case report: ADHD and prognosis in tyrosinemia type 1.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Maternal Allergic Asthma Induces Prenatal Neuroinflammation.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Large-scale genetic investigation reveals genetic liability to multiple complex traits influencing a higher risk of ADHD.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Role of Sex Hormones at Different Physiobiological Conditions and Therapeutic Potential in MBD2 Mediated Severe Asthma.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2021Review
- [Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and comorbidity: new findings on epidemiological and genetic factors].Der Nervenarzt · 2020Review
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- Health-Related Quality of Life and Work Productivity of Adults With ADHD: A U.K. Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of attention disorders · 2019Article
- Integrated Analysis of microRNA and mRNA Expression Profiles: An Attempt to Disentangle the Complex Interaction Network in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Brain sciences · 2019Article
- Neuroinflammation as a risk factor for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2019Review
- Physical health in children with neurodevelopmental disorders.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Article
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- Asthma is Different in Women.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2015Review
- Nutrition, immunological mechanisms and dietary immunomodulation in ADHD.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2014Review
- Adolescent ADHD and adult physical and mental health, work performance, and financial stress.Pediatrics · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is increasingly recognized as a common disorder not only in children, but also in the adult population. Similarly, asthma also has a substantial prevalence among adults. Previous studies concerning a potential relationship between ADHD and asthma have not presented consistent results.
methodsA cross-sectional study of 594 adult patients diagnosed with ADHD, compared with 719 persons from the general population. Information was collected between 1997 and 2005 using auto-questionnaires rating past and present symptoms of ADHD, co-morbid conditions, including asthma, and work status.
resultsThe prevalence of asthma was significantly higher in the ADHD patient group compared to the controls, 24.4% vs. 11.3% respectively (OR = 2.54, 95% CI 1.89-3.44), and controls with asthma scored higher on ratings of both past and present symptoms of ADHD. Female ADHD patients had a significantly higher prevalence of asthma compared to male ADHD patients (30.9% vs. 18.2%, OR = 2.01, CI 1.36-2.95), but in controls a slight female preponderance was not statistically significant. In both ADHD patients and controls, having asthma was associated with an increased prevalence of symptoms of mood- and anxiety disorders.
conclusionsThe present findings point to a co-morbidity of ADHD and asthma, and these patients may represent a clinical and biological subgroup of adult patients with ADHD.
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