BACKGROUND: Potential benefit of physical activity in asthma incidence is scarce and controversial. We aimed to assess the association between regular physical activity and adult-onset asthma. METHODS: We included 51,080 women from a French cohort study, and followed them from 1993 to 2003. Physical activity at baseline was defined as time spent in household and leisure time physical activity, converted to metabolic equivalents (METs), and categorised in tertiles. Adult-onset asthma during follow-up was defined according to the American Thoracic Society criteria. RESULTS: Mean age at baseline was 53 years, 13% of women were current smokers, 19% were overweight or obese, and 56% were postmenopausal; 512 (1%) developed asthma. No association was found between physical activity and asthma incidence in the crude or in the adjusted Cox regression model (adjusted HR 1.03 and 1.01 for the 2nd and 3rd tertiles compared to the 1st tertile, p for trend = 0.979). CONCLUSION: Physical activity is not related to adult-onset asthma in this cohort of French middle-aged women.
BACKGROUND: Potential benefit of physical activity in asthma incidence is scarce and controversial. We aimed to assess the association between regular physical activity and adult-onset asthma. METHODS: We included 51,080 women from a French cohort study, and followed them from 1993 to 2003. Physical activity at baseline was defined as time spent in household and leisure time physical activity, converted to metabolic equivalents (METs), and categorised in tertiles. Adult-onset asthma during follow-up was defined according to the American Thoracic Society criteria. RESULTS: Mean age at baseline was 53 years, 13% of women were current smokers, 19% were overweight or obese, and 56% were postmenopausal; 512 (1%) developed asthma. No association was found between physical activity and asthma incidence in the crude or in the adjusted Cox regression model (adjusted HR 1.03 and 1.01 for the 2nd and 3rd tertiles compared to the 1st tertile, p for trend = 0.979). CONCLUSION: Physical activity is not related to adult-onset asthma in this cohort of French middle-aged women.
Authors: Judith Garcia-Aymerich; Raphaëlle Varraso; Goodarz Danaei; Carlos A Camargo; Miguel A Hernán Journal: Am J Epidemiol Date: 2013-10-09 Impact factor: 4.897
Authors: Melissa Anne Russell; Shyamali Dharmage; Elaine Fuertes; Alessandro Marcon; Anne-Elie Carsin; Silvia Pascual Erquicia; Joachim Heinrich; Ane Johannessen; Michael J Abramson; Andre F S Amaral; Isa Cerveri; Pascal Demoly; Vanessa Garcia-Larsen; Deborah Jarvis; Jesus Martinez-Moratalla; Dennis Nowak; Leopoldo Palacios-Gomez; Giulia Squillacioti; Wasif Raza; Margareta Emtner; Judith Garcia-Aymerich Journal: ERJ Open Res Date: 2021-03-01