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ReviewCurrent opinion in allergy and clinical immunology2017

Childhood asthma is a risk factor for the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Michael J McGeachie

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Review in Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. COPD Risk Factor Profiles in General Population and Referred Patients: Potential Etiotypes.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023
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  20. Comorbidities in childhood-onset and adult-onset asthma.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael J McGeachieChanning Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard University · US

Funding

The Genetic Epidemiology of Asthma in Costa RicaR37HL066289 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI WEISS, SCOTT T · 2007 to 2015
$14.6M
Statistical GeneticsP01HL083069 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI WEISS, SCOTT T · 2007 to 2011
$12.2M
Asthma Exacerbations and MicroRNA prediction: Treatment Response in an Underserved Ethnicity (AEM-TRUE)R01HL139634 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MCGEACHIE, MICHAEL JOHN · 2018 to 2022
$4.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL083069NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139634NHLBI NIH HHS R37 HL066289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis review will catalog the many recent longitudinal studies that have investigated the relationship between asthma and lung function, or the persistence and trajectories of lung function deficits. RECENT

findingsRecent work has reported on 50-year follow-ups of some prominent population cohorts. A history of asthma confers a 10-30-fold risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Individuals reaching a reduced maximum growth of forced expiratory volume in 1 s in early adulthood are at risk for early or more severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). SUMMARY: Taken together, there is a wealth of overlapping cohort studies of lung function, asthma and COPD. These show that asthma is associated with reduced lung function, which may start in infancy or prenatally, persists through childhood and adulthood and predisposes for early or more severe COPD.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAnimalsAsthmaChildFemaleHumansInfantPregnancyPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRespiratory Function TestsRespiratory InsufficiencyRespiratory SoundsRisk FactorsSmoking

Identifiers

PMID28118239
PMCPMC5577926
OpenAlexW2579844394

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