Asthma: From childhood to adulthood

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 855-869

  Grol, M H ^a,b   Gerritsen, J ^a   Postma, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENDER; GROWTH; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SMOKING; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030499289     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1996.tb04485.x     Document Type: Review

References (115)

1. Bronnimann S, Burrows B. A prospective study of the natural history of asthma. Chest 1986;90:480-4.
2. Flensborg EW. The prognosis for bronchial asthma arisen in infancy, after the nonspecific treatment hitherto applied. Acta Paediatr (Uppsala) 1945;33:4-24.
3. Rackemann FM, Edwards MC. Asthma in children. A follow-up study of 688 patients after an interval of twenty years. N Engl J Med 1952;246:815-23, 858-63.
4. Unger L, Unger AH, Wolf AA. Bronchial asthma in children: treatment and results. Ann Allergy 1952;10:574-82.
5. Dees SC. Development and course of asthma in children. Am J Dis Child 1956;93:228-33.
6. Ryssing E. Continued follow-up investigation concerning the fate of 298 asthmatic children. Acta Paediatr (Uppsala) 1959;48:255-60.
7. Buffum WP. The prognosis of asthma in infancy. J Allergy 1959;30:165-8.
8. Ogilvie AG. Asthma: a study of prognosis in 1000 patients. Thorax 1962;17:183-9.
9. Ryssing E, Flensborg EW. Prognosis after puberty for 442 asthmatic children examined and treated on specific allergologic principles. Acta Paediatr (Stockholm) 1963;52:97-105.
10. Wilken-Jensen K. Prognosis of asthma during childhood. Acta Paediatr (Uppsala) 1963;140S:90-2.
11. Kraepelien S. Prognosis of asthma in childhood with special reference to pulmonary function and the value of specific hyposensitization. Acta Paediatr (Uppsala) 1963; 1408:92-3.
12. Aas K. Prognosis for asthmatic children. Follow-up on children who have not had optimal examination and treatment. Acta Paediatr (Uppsala) 1963;140S:87-8.
13. Barr LW, Logan GB. Prognosis of children having asthma. Pediatrics 1964;34:856-60.
14. Buffum WP, Settipane GA. Prognosis of asthma in childhood. Am J Dis Child 1966;112:214-17.
15. Johnstone DE. A study of the natural history of bronchial asthma in children. Am J Dis Child 1968;115:213-16.
16. Johnstone DE, Dutton A. The value of hyposensitization therapy for bronchial asthma in children. Pediatrics 1969;42:793-802.
17. Mukoyama T, Baba M, Kilajima Y, et al. The prognosis of asthma in children. Acta Paediatr Jpn 1975;17:23-9.
18. Blair H. Natural history of childhood asthma. 20 year follow-up. Arch Dis Child 1977;52:613-19.
19. Cserhati E, Mezei G, Kelemen J. Late prognosis of bronchial asthma in children. Respiration 1984;46:160-5.
20. Linna O. A 5-year prognosis of childhood asthma. Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74:442-5.
21. Park ES, Golding J, Carswell F, Stewart-Brown S. Preschool wheezing and prognosis at 10. Arch Dis Child 1986;61:642-6.
22. Jönsson JA, Boe J, Berlin E. The long-term prognosis of childhood asthma in a predominantly rural Swedish county. Acta Paediatr Scand 1987;76:950-4.
23. Strachan DP, Anderson HR, Bland JM, Peckham C. Asthma as a link between chest illness in childhood and chronic cough and phlegm in young adults. BMJ 1988;296:243-6.
24. Tuchinda M. Childhood asthma in Thailand. Acta Paediatr Jpn 1990;32:169-72.
25. Åberg N, Engström I. Natural history of allergic diseases in children. Acta Paediatr Scand 1990;79:206-11.
26. Ross S, Godden D, McMurray D, et al. Social effects of wheeze in childhood: a 25 year follow-up. BMJ 1992;305:545-8.
27. Jenkins MA, Hopper JL, Bowes G, Carlin JB, Flander LB, Giles GG. Factors in childhood as predictors of asthma in adult life. BMJ 1994;309:90-3.
28. Williams HB, McNicol KN. Prevalence, natural history, and relationship of wheezy bronchitis and asthma in children. An epidemiological study. BMJ 1969;4:321-5.
29. McNicol KN, Williams HE. Spectrum of asthma in children. I. Clinical and physiological components. BMJ 1973;4:7-11.
30. McNicol KN, Williams HE. Spectrum of asthma in children. II. Allergic components. BMJ 1973;4:12-16.
31. McNicol KN, Williams HE. Spectrum of asthma in children. III. Psychological and social components. BMJ 1973;4:16-20.
32. Martin AJ, McLennan LA, Landau LI, Phelan PD. The natural history of childhood asthma to adult life. BMJ 1980;280:1397-1400.
33. Martin AJ, Landau LI, Phelan PD. Lung function in young adults who had asthma in childhood. Am Rev Respir Dis 1980;122:609-16.
34. Martin AJ, Landau LI, Phelan PD. Natural history of allergy in asthmatic children followed to adult life. Med J Aust 1981;2:470-4.
35. Martin AJ, Landau LI, Phelan PD. The effect on growth of childhood asthma. Acta Paediatr Scand 1981;70:683-8.
36. Martin AJ, Landau LI, Phelan PD. Asthma from childhood at age 21: the patient and his disease. BMJ 1982;284:380-2.
37. Martin AJ, Landau LI, Phelan PD. Predicting the course of asthma in children. Aust Paediatr J 1982;18:84-7.
38. Foucard T, Sjöberg O. A prospective 12-year follow-up study of children with wheezy bronchitis. Acta Paediatr Scand 1984;73:577-83.
39. Giles G, Lickiss N, Gibson HB, Shaw K. Respiratory symptoms in Tasmanian adolescents: a follow-up of the 1961 birth cohort. Aust N Z J Med 1984;14:631-7.
40. Schachter EN, Doyle CA, Beck GJ. A prospective study of asthma in a rural community. Chest 1984;85:623-30.
41. Kelly WJW, Hudson I, Phelan PD, Pain MCF, Olinsky A. Childhood asthma in adult life: a further study at 28 years of age. BMJ 1987;294:1059-62.
42. Nishima S, Inamitsu T, Shibata R, Kanegae N. Clinical manifestations, pulmonary function and prognosis in asthmatic children: a comparison between groups with a high and low serum IgE level. Acta Paediatr Jpn 1987;29:639-44.
43. Kelly WJW, Hudson J, Raven J, Phelan PD, Pain MCF, Olinsky A. Childhood asthma and lung function. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988;138:26-30.
44. Friberg S, Bevegård S, Graff-Lonnevig V. Asthma from childhood to adult age. Acta Paediatr Scand 1988;77:424-31.
45. Friberg S, Bevegård S, Graff-Lonnevig V, Hallbäck I. Asthma from childhood to adulthood - a follow-up study of 20 subjects with special reference to work capacity and pulmonary gas exchange. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1989;84:183-90.
46. Østergaard PAA. A prospective study on non-IgE-mediated asthma in children. Acta Paediatr Scand 1988;77:112-17.
47. Gerritsen J, Koëter GH, Postma DS, Schouten J, Knol K. Prognosis of asthma from childhood to adulthood. Am Rev Respir Dis 1989;140:1325-30.
48. Kelly WJW, Hudson J, Phelan PD, Pain MCF, Olinsky A. Atopy in subjects with asthma followed to the age of 28 years. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1990;85:548-57.
49. Sporik R, Holgate ST, Cogswell JJ. Natural history of asthma in childhood - a birth cohort study. Arch Dis Child 1991;66:1050-3.
50. Croner S, Kjellman N. Natural history of bronchial asthma in childhood. Allergy 1992;47:150-7.
51. Almind M, Viskum K, Evald T, Dirksen A, Kok-Jensen A. A seven year follow-up study of 343 adults with bronchial asthma. Dan Med Bull 1992;39:561-5.
52. Ulrik CS, Backer V, Dirksen A. Mortality and decline in lung function in 213 adults with bronchial asthma: a ten-year follow up. J Asthma 1992;29(1):29-38.
53. Ulrik CS, Backer V, Dirksen A. A 10 year follow up of 180 adults with bronchial asthma: factors important for the decline in lung function. Thorax 1992;47:14-18.
54. Kokkonen J, Linna O. The state of childhood asthma in young adulthood. Eur Respir J 1993;6:657-61.
55. Roorda RJ, Gerritsen J, van Aalderen WMC, et al. Risk factors for the persistence of respiratory symptoms in childhood asthma. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993;148:1490-5.
56. de Gooijer A, Brand PLP, Gerritsen J, Koëter GH, Postma DS, Knol K. Changes in respiratory symptoms and airway hyperresponsiveness after 27 years in a population-based sample of schoolchildren. Eur Respir J 1993;6:848-54.
57. Oswald H, Phelan PD, Lanigan A, Hibbert M, Bowes G, Olinsky A. Outcome of childhood asthma in mid-adult life. BMJ 1994;309:95-6.
58. Godden DJ, Ross S, Adalla M, et al. Outcome of wheeze in childhood. Symptoms and pulmonary function 25 years later. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994;149:106-12.
59. Kjellman B, Hesselmar B. Prognosis of asthma in children: a cohort study into adulthood. Acta Paediatr 1994;83:854-61.
60. Panhuysen CIM, Vonk JM, Koëter GH, et al. Adult patients may outgrow their asthma. A 25 year follow-up study. Thesis, 1996, University of Groningen.
61. Gergen PJ, Turkeltaub PC, Kramer RA. Age of onset in childhood asthma: data from a national cohort. Ann Allergy 1992;68(6):507-14.
62. Martinez FD, Wright AL, Taussig LM, Holberg CJ, Halonen M, Morgan WJ, Group Health Medical Associates. Asthma and wheezing in the first six years of life. N Engl J Med 1995;332:133-8.
63. Anderson HR, Bland JM, Patel S, Peckham C. The natural history of asthma in childhood. J Epidemiol Community Health 1986;40:121-9.
64. Brand PLP, Rijcken B, Schouten J, Koëter GH, Weiss ST, Postma DS. Perception of airway obstruction in a random population sample: relationship to airway hyperresponsiveness in the absence of respiratory symptoms. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992;146:396-401.
65. Barnes PJ. Poorly perceived asthma. Thorax 1992;47:408-9.
66. Rubinfield AR, Pain MCF. Perception of asthma. Lancet 1976;1:882-4.
67. Knol K. A clinical and epidemiological study of the significance of bronchial hyperreactivity in children with chronic nonspecific lung disease (CNSLD). Thesis, 1965, University of Groningen.
68. Kerrebijn KF, Hoogeveen-Schroot HCA, van der Wal MC. Chronic nonspecific respiratory disease in children: a five year follow-up study. Acta Paediatr Scand Suppl 1977;261:1-72.
69. Dawson B, Horobin G, Illsley R, Mitchell R. A survey of childhood asthma in Aberdeen. Lancet 1969;1:827-30.
70. Redline S, Gold D. Challenges in interpreting gender differences in asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994;150:1219-21.
71. Adinoff AD, Clark RAF. Allergy, asthma and immunology from infancy to adulthood. In: Bierman CW, Pearlman DS, Shapiro GG, Busse WW, editors. Atopic dermatitis. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1996:613-32.
72. Yarnell JWG, St Leger S. Respiratory infections and their influence on lung function in children: a multiple regression analysis. Thorax 1981;36:847-51.
73. Feming DM, Cros KW. Respiratory svncytial virus or influenza? Lancet 1993;342:1507-10.
74. Wilson NM. Wheezy bronchitis revisited. Arch Dis Child 1989;64:1194-9.
75. Connolly CK, Chan NS, Prescott RJ. The relationship between age and duration of asthma and the presence of persistent obstruction in asthma. Postgrad Med J 1988; 64:422-5.
76. Gerritsen J, Koëter GH, de Monchy JGR, Knol K. Allergy in subjects with asthma from childhood to adulthood. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1990;85:116-25.
77. Roorda RJ, Gerritsen J, van Aalderen WMC, Knol K. Influence of a positive family history and associated allergic diseases on the natural course of asthma. Clin Exp Allergy 1991;22:627-34.
78. Peat JK, Salome CM, Woolcock AJ. Longitudinal changes in atopy during a 4-year period: relation to bronchial hyperresponsiveness and respiratory symptoms in a population sample of Australian schoolchildren. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1990;85:65-74.
79. Clough JB, Williams JD, Holgate ST. Effect of atopy on the natural history of symptoms, peak expiratory flow, and bronchial responsiveness in 7- and 8-year-old children with cough and wheeze. Am Rev Respir Dis 1991;143:755-60.
80. Burrows B, Halonen M, Lebowitz MD, Knudson RJ, Barbee RA. The relationship of serum immunoglobulin E, allergy skin test and smoking to respiratory disorders. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1982;70:199-204.
81. Sporik R, Holgate ST, Platts-Mills TAE, Cogswell MD. Exposure to house-dust mite allergen (Der p 1) and the development of asthma in childhood. N Engl J Med 1990;323:502-7.
82. Meyer GG, Postma DS, van der Heide S, et al. Exogenous stimuli and circadian peak expiratory flow variation in allergic asthmatic children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996;153:237-42.
83. van der Heide S, de Monchy JGR, de Vries K, Bruggink TM, Kauffman HF. Seasonal variation in airway hyperresponsiveness and natural exposure to house dust mite allergens in patients with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1994;93:470-5.
84. American Thoracic Society. Standards for diagnosis and care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Am Rev Respir Dis 1987; 136:225-43.
85. Hopp RJ, Townley RG, Biven RE, Bewtra AK, Nair NM. The presence of airway reactivity before the development of asthma. Am Rev Respir Dis 1990;141:2-8.
86. Zhong NS, Chen RC, O-Yang M, Wu JY, Fu WX, Shi LJ. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness in young students of southern China: relation to respiratory symptoms, diagnosed asthma, and risk factors. Thorax 1990;45:860-5.
87. Sparrow D, O'Connor G, Colton T, Barry CL, Weiss ST. The relationship of nonspecific bronchial responsiveness to the occurrence of respiratory symptoms and decreased levels of pulmonary function. Am Rev Respir Dis 1987;135:1255-60.
88. Radford P, Hopp RJ, Biven RE, Degan JA, Bewta AK, Townley RG. Longitudinal changes in bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthmatic and previously asthmatic children. Chest 1992;101:624-9.
89. Kondo S. Spontaneous improvement in bronchial responsiveness and its limit during preadolescence and early adolescence in children with controlled asthma. Chest 1993;104:1359-63.
90. Peat JK, Salome CM, Woolcock AJ. Factors associated with bronchial hyperresponsiveness in Australian adults and children. Eur Respir J 1992;5:921-9.
91. Peat JK, Toelle BG, Salome CM, Woolcock AJ. Predictive nature of bronchial responsiveness and respiratory symptoms in a one year cohort study of Sydney schoolchildren. Eur Respir J 1993;6:662-9.
92. Britton JR, Burney PGJ, Chinn S, Papacosta AO, Tattersfield AE. The relation between change in airway reactivity and change in respiratory symptoms and medication in a community study. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988;135:530-4.
93. van Schayck CP, Dompeling E, van Herwaarden CLA, Wever AMJ, van Weel C. Interacting effects of atopy and bronchial hyperresponsiveness on the annual decline in lung function and the exacerbation rate in asthma. Am Rev Respir Dis 1991;144:1297-1301.
94. Kerstjens HAM, Brand PLP, Hughes MD, et al. A comparison of bronchodilator therapy with or without inhaled corticosteroid therapy in obstructive airways. N Engl J Med 1992;146:547-54.
95. van Essen-Zandvliet EE, Hughes MD, Waalkens HJ, et al. Effects of 22 months of treatment with inhaled corticosteroids therapy and/or beta-2-agonists on lung function, airway responsiveness, and symptoms in children with asthma. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992;146:547-54.
96. Haahtela T, Järvinen M, Kava T, Kirviranta K, Koskinen S, Lehtonen K. Comparison of a beta-agonist, terbutaline, with an inhaled corticosteroid, budesonide, in newly detected asthma. N Engl J Med 1991;325:388-92.
97. Redline S, Tager IB, Speizer FE, Rosner BB, Weiss ST. Longitudinal variability in airway responsiveness in population-based sample of children and young adults and extrinsic contributing factors. Am Rev Respir Dis 1989;140:170-8.
98. Martinex FD, Morgan WJ, Wright AL, Holberg CJ, Taussig LM. Diminished lung function as a predisposing factor for wheezing respiratory illness in infants. N Engl J Med 1988;319:112-17.
99. Borsboom GJJ, van Pelt W, Quanjer PH. Pubertal growth curves of ventilatory function: relationship with childhood respiratory symptoms. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993;147:372-8.
100. Greenough A, Everett L, Pool J, Price JF. A 2-year longitudinal study of lung hyperinflation in young asthmatics. Respir Med 1991;85:379-82.
101. Tager IB, Segal MR, Speizer FE, Weiss ST. The natural history of expiratory volumes. Effect of cigarette smoking and respiratory symptoms. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988;138: 837-49.
102. Murray AB, Morrison BJ. Effect of passive smoking on asthmatic children who have not had atopic dermatitis. Chest 1992;101:16-18.
103. Martinez FD, Antognoni G, Macri F, et al. Parental smoking enhances bronchial responsiveness in nine-year-old children. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988;138:518-23.
104. Sherill DL, Martinez FD, Lebowitz MD, et al. Longitudinal effects of passive smoking on pulmonary function in New Zealand children. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992;145:1136-41.
105. Lebowitz MD, Holberg CJ, Knudson RJ, Burrows B. Longitudinal study of pulmonary function development in childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988;137:1494-8.
106. Selroos O, Pietinalho A, Löfroos AB, Riska H. Effect of early vs late intervention with inhaled corticosteroids in asthma. Chest 1995;108:1228-34.
107. Haahtela T, Järvinen M, Kava T, et al. Effects of reducing or discontinuing inhaled budesonide in patients with mild asthma. N Engl J Med 1994;331:700-5.
108. Waalkens HJ, van Essen-Zandvliet EE, Hughes MD, et al. Cessation of long-term treatment with inhaled corticosteroid (budesonide) in children with asthma results in deterioration. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993;148:1252-7.
109. van Schayck CP, Dompeling E, van Herwaarden CL, et al. Bronchodilator treatment in moderate asthma or chronic bronchitis: continuous or on demand? A randomised controlled study. BMJ 1991;303:1426-31.
110. Sears MR, Taylor DR, Print CG, et al. Regular inhaled beta-agonist treatment in bronchial asthma. Lancet 1990;336:1391-6.
111. Crane J, Pearce N, Flatt A, et al. Prescribed fenoterol and death from asthma in New Zealand, 1981-83: a case-control study. Lancet 1989;1:917-22.
112. van Schayck CP, Folgering H, Den Otter JJ, Tirimanna P, van Weel C. Does the continuous use of bronchodilators mask the progression of asthma or chronic bronchitis? Fam Pract 1992;9:397-404.
113. Kraan J, Koëter GH, van der Mark TW, et al. Changes in bronchial hyperreactivity induced by 4 weeks of treatment with antiasthmatic drugs in patients with allergic asthma: a comparison between budesonide and terbutaline. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1985;76:628-36.
114. Kerrebijn KF, van Essen-Zandvliet EE, Neijens HJ. Effect of long-term treatment with inhaled corticosteroids and beta-agonists on the bronchial responsiveness in children with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1987;79:653-9.
115. van Schayck CP, Dompeling E, van Herwaarden CLA, et al. Continuous and on demand use of bronchodilators in patients with non-steroid dependent asthma and chronic bronchitis. Br J Gen Pract 1995;45(394):239-44.