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Effects of short-term smoking on lung function and airway hyper-responsiveness in young patients with untreated intermittent adult-onset asthma: Retrospective cross-sectional study at a primary-tertiary care hospital in Japan

BMJ Open Jun 11, 2019

Watai K, et al. - Through a retrospective, cross-sectional study on 7,291 young patients with untreated intermittent adult-onset asthma, the contributors intended to determine the effects of short-term smoking (<10 pack-years) on lung function and airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR). A significant association between decreased postbronchodilator lung function and the daily smoking frequency, smoking duration, and cumulative smoking history was found. Even in patients with intermittent adult-onset asthma, short-term active smoking in early adulthood and decreased lung function and AHR might be linked. The benefits of never smoking, even for young patients with intermittent adult-onset asthma is suggestive.
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