Browsing by Author "Heinrich, Joachim"

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  • Air pollution and respiratory infections during early childhood: an analysis of 10 European birth cohorts within the ESCAPE Project
    MacIntyre, Elaina A; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Cirach, Marta; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Heinrich, Joachim (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2014)
    Background: Few studies have investigated traffic-related air pollution as a risk factor for respiratory infections during early childhood. Objectives: We aimed to investigate the association between air pollution and ...
  • Are symptoms of insomnia related to respiratory symptoms? Cross-sectional results from 10 European countries and Australia
    Bjornsdottir, Erla; Lindberg, Eva; Benediktsdóttir, Bryndís; Gislason, Thorarinn; Garcia Larsen, Vanessa; Franklin, Karl; Jarvis, Debbie; Demoly, Pascal; Perret, Jennifer L.; García Aymerich, Judith; Dorado Arenas, Sandra; Heinrich, Joachim; Torén, Kjell; Jõgi, Rain; Janson, Christer (BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)
    Objectives: To compare the prevalence of different insomnia subtypes among middle-aged adults from Europe and Australia and to explore the cross-sectional relationship between insomnia subtypes, respiratory symptoms and ...
  • Associations between particulate matter elements and early-life pneumonia in seven birth cohorts: results from the ESCAPE and TRANSPHORM projects
    Fuertes, Elaine; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Heinrich, Joachim (Elsevier, 2014)
    Evidence for a role of long-term particulate matter exposure on acute respiratory infections is growing. However, which components of particulate matter may be causative remains largely unknown. We assessed associations ...
  • Dietary antioxidants and 10-year lung function decline in adults from the ECRHS survey
    Garcia-Larsen, Vanessa; Potts, James F.; Omenaas, Ernst R.; Heinrich, Joachim; Svanes, Cecilie; García Aymerich, Judith; Burney, Peter; Jarvis, Deborah (European Respiratory Society, 2017)
    The relationship between lung function decline and dietary antioxidants over 10 years in adults from three European countries was investigated.In 2002, adults from three participating countries of the European Community ...
  • Early life microbial exposure and fractional exhaled nitric oxide in school-age children: a prospective birth cohort study
    Casas, Lidia; Tischer, Christina; Wouters, Inge M.; Torrent Quetglas, Maties; Gehring, Ulrike; García Esteban, Raquel; Thiering, Elisabeth; Postma, Dirkje S.; de Jongste, Johan; Smit, Henriëtte A.; Borrás Santos, Alícia, 1974-; Zock, Jan-Paul; Hyvärinen, Anne; Heinrich, Joachim; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (BioMed Central, 2013)
    BACKGROUND: Inflammation is a key factor in the pathogenesis of respiratory diseases. Early life exposure to microbial agents may have an effect on the development of the immune system and on respiratory health later in ...
  • Early life origins of lung ageing: early life exposures and lung function decline in adulthood in two european cohorts aged 28-73 years
    Dratva, Julia; Zemp, Elisabeth; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Accordini, Simone; Burdet, Luc; Gislason, Thorarinn; Heinrich, Joachim; Janson, Christer; Jarvis, Deborah; Marco, Roberto de; Norbäck, Dan; Pons, Marco; Gómez Real, Francisco; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Villani, Simona; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Svanes, Cecilie (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016)
    OBJECTIVES: Early life environment is essential for lung growth and maximally attained lung function. Whether early life exposures impact on lung function decline in adulthood, an indicator of lung ageing, has scarcely ...
  • Early-life house dust mite allergens, childhood mite sensitization, and respiratory outcomes.
    Casas, Lidia; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Tischer, Christina; Gehring, Ulrike; Wickman, Magnus; García Esteban, Raquel; Lehmann, Irina; Kull, Inger; Reich, Andreas; Lau, Susanne; Wijga, Alet; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Nawrot, Tim S.; Heinrich, Joachim; Keil, Thomas; Torrent Quetglas, Maties (Wiley, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Exposure to indoor allergens during early life may play a role in the development of the immune system and inception of asthma. OBJECTIVE: To describe the house dust mite (HDM) allergen concentrations in bedroom ...
  • Environmental exposure assessment in European birth cohorts: results from the ENRIECO project
    Gehring, Ulrike; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Brunekreef, Bert; Bergström, Anna; Bonde, Jens Peter; Botton, Jérémie; Chévrier, Cecile; Cordier, Sylvaine; Heinrich, Joachim; Hohmann, Cynthia; Keil, Thomas; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Tischer, Christina; Toft, Gunnar; Wickman, Magnus; Vrijheid, Martine; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (BioMed Central, 2013)
    Environmental exposures during pregnancy and early life may have adverse health effects. Single birth cohort studies often lack statistical power to tease out such effects reliably. To improve the use of existing data and ...
  • Integration of gene expression and DNA methylation identifies epigenetically controlled modules related to PM2.5 exposure
    Merid, Simon Kebede; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Standl, Marie; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Heinrich, Joachim; Lemonnier, Nathanael; Aguilar, Daniel; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Bousquet, Jean; Santa Marina, Loreto; Lertxundi, Aitana; Bergström, Anna; Kull, Inger; Wheelock, Åsa M.; Koppelman, Gerard H.; Melén, Erik; Gruzieva, Olena (Elsevier, 2020)
    Air pollution has been associated with adverse health effects across the life-course. Although underlying mechanisms are unclear, several studies suggested pollutant-induced changes in transcriptomic profiles. In this ...
  • Interaction between gas cooking and GSTM1 null genotype in bronchial responsiveness: results from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey
    Amaral, André F. S.; Ramasamy, Adaikalavan; Castro Giner, Francesc; Minelli, Cosetta; Accordini, Simone; Sørheim, Inga-Cecilie; Pin, Isabelle; Kogevinas, Manolis; Jõgi, Rain; Balding, David J.; Norbäck, Dan; Verlato, Giuseppe; Olivieri, Mario; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Janson, Christer; Zock, Jan-Paul; Heinrich, Joachim; Jarvis, Deborah (BMJ Publishing Group, 2014)
    Increased bronchial responsiveness is characteristic of asthma. Gas cooking, which is a major indoor source of the highly oxidant nitrogen dioxide, has been associated with respiratory symptoms and reduced lung function. ...
  • Lifelong exposure to residential greenspace and the premenstrual syndrome: A population-based study of Northern European women
    Triebner, Kai; Markevych, Iana; Bertelsen, Randi Jacobsen; Sved Skottvoll, Bente; Hustad, Steinar; Forsberg, Bertil; Franklin, Karl; Holm, Mathias; Lindberg, Eva; Heinrich, Joachim; Gómez Real, Francisco; Dadvand, Payam (Elsevier, 2022)
    Background: The premenstrual syndrome (PMS) causes clinically relevant psychological and physical symptoms in up to 20% of women of reproductive age. To date, no studies have investigated the relationship between PMS and ...
  • Phenotyping asthma, rhinitis, and eczema in MeDALL population-based birth cohorts: an allergic comorbidity cluster
    García Aymerich, Judith; Benet, Marta; Saeys, Y.; Pinart, Mariona; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Smit, Henriëtte A.; Siroux, Valérie; Just, Jocelyne; Momas, Isabelle; Rancière, Fanny; Keil, Thomas; Hohmann, Cynthia; Lau, Susanne; Wahn, Ulrich; Heinrich, Joachim; Tischer, Christina; Fantini, Maria Pia; Lenzi, Jacopo; Porta, Daniela; Koppelman, Gerard H.; Postma, Dirkje S.; Berdel, Dietrich; Koletzko, Sibylle; Kerkhof, Marjan; Gehring, Ulrike; Wickman, Magnus; Melén, Erik; Hallberg, Jenny; Bindslev Jensen, Carsten; Eller, Esben; Kull, Inger; Lodrup Carlsen, Karin C.; Carlsen, Kai-Håkon; Lambrecht, Bart N.; Kogevinas, Manolis; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Kauffmann, Francine; Bousquet, Jean; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria (Wiley, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Asthma, rhinitis and eczema often co-occur in children, but their interrelationships at the population level have been poorly addressed. We assessed co-occurrence of childhood asthma, rhinitis and eczema using ...
  • Physical activity and lung function-Cause or consequence?
    Bédard, Annabelle, 1986-; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Fuertes, Elaine; Accordini, Simone; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Garcia Larsen, Vanessa; Heinrich, Joachim; Janson, Christer; Johannessen, Ane; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Sánchez-Ramos, José Luis; Peralta, Gabriela P.; Pin, Isabelle; Squillacioti, Giulia; Weyler, Joost; Jarvis, Deborah; García Aymerich, Judith (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020)
    Concerns exist that the positive association of physical activity with better lung function, which has been suggested in previous longitudinal studies in smokers, is due to reverse causation. To investigate this, we applied ...
  • Predictors of microbial agents in dust and respiratory health in the Ecrhs.
    Tischer, Christina; Zock, Jan-Paul; Valkonen, Maria; Doekes, Gert; Guerra, Stefano; Heederik, Dick; Jarvis, Deborah; Norbäck, Dan; Olivieri, Mario; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Svanes, Cecilie; Täubel, Martin; Thiering, Elisabeth; Verlato, Giuseppe; Hyvärinen, Anne; Heinrich, Joachim (BioMed Central, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Dampness and mould exposure have been repeatedly associated with respiratory health. However, less is known about the specific agents provoking or arresting health effects in adult populations. We aimed to ...
  • Residential greenspace and lung function decline over 20 years in a prospective cohort: The ECRHS study
    Markevych, Iana; Dadvand, Payam; García Aymerich, Judith; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Heinrich, Joachim (Elsevier, 2023)
    Background: The few studies that have examined associations between greenspace and lung function in adulthood have yielded conflicting results and none have examined whether the rate of lung function decline is affected. ...
  • Residential greenspace and lung function up to 24 years of age: The ALSPAC birth cohort
    Fuertes, Elaine; Markevych, Iana; Thomas, Richard; Boyd, Andy; Granell, Raquel; Mahmoud, Osama; Heinrich, Joachim; García Aymerich, Judith; Roda, Célina; Henderson, John; Jarvis, Debbie (Elsevier, 2020)
    Background: Residing in greener areas is increasingly linked to beneficial health outcomes, but little is known about its effect on respiratory health. Objective: We examined associations between residential greenness and ...
  • Second-hand smoke exposure in adulthood and lower respiratory health during 20 year follow up in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey
    Flexeder, Claudia; García Aymerich, Judith; Heinrich, Joachim (BioMed Central, 2019)
    Background: Early life exposure to tobacco smoke has been extensively studied but the role of second-hand smoke (SHS) for new-onset respiratory symptoms and lung function decline in adulthood has not been widely investigated ...
  • Sex-specific incidence of asthma, rhinitis and respiratory multimorbidity before and after puberty onset: individual participant meta-analysis of five birth cohorts collaborating in MeDALL
    Hohmann, Cynthia; Keller, Theresa; Gehring, Ulrike; Wijga, Alet; Standl, Marie; Kull, Inger; Bergström, Anna; Lehmann, Irina; von Berg, Andrea; Heinrich, Joachim; Lau, Susanne; Wahn, Ulrich; Maier, Dieter; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Bousquet, Jean; Smit, Henriëtte A.; Keil, Thomas; Roll, Stephanie (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)
    Introduction To understand the puberty-related sex shift in the prevalence of asthma and rhinitis as single entities and as respiratory multimorbidities, we investigated if there is also a sex-specific and puberty-related ...
  • The effects of growing up on a farm on adult lung function and allergic phenotypes: an international population-based study
    Campbell, B.; Raherison, C.; Lodge, Caroline J.; Lowe, A. J.; Gislason, Thorarinn; Heinrich, Joachim; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Gómez Real, Francisco; Norbäck, Dan; Matheson, M. C.; Wjst, Matthias; Dratva, Julia; Marco, Roberto de; Jarvis, Deborah; Schlünssen, Vivi; Janson, Christer; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Svanes, Cecilie; Dharmage, Shyamali C. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)
    Rationale: Evidence has suggested that exposure to environmental or microbial biodiversity in early life may impact subsequent lung function and allergic disease risk. Objectives: To investigate the influence of childhood ...
  • The role of C-reactive protein levels on the association of physical activity with lung function in adults
    Fuertes, Elaine; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Garcia-Larsen, Vanessa; Guerra, Stefano; Pin, Isabelle; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Accordini, Simone; Martínez-Moratalla, Jesús; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Urrutia, Isabel; Le Gouellec, Audrey; Heinrich, Joachim; Gislason, Thorarinn; Jõgi, Rain; Janson, Christer; Jarvis, Debbie; García Aymerich, Judith (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019)
    Objective: Regular physical activity may be associated with improved lung function via reduced systemic inflammation, although studies exploring this mechanism are rare. We evaluated the role of C-reactive protein in blood, ...