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© 1990 Oxford University Press

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Respiratory History during Infancy and Childhood, and Respiratory Conditions in Adulthood

J COOREMAN*, S REDON, M LEVALLOIS, R LIARD and S PERDRIZET

*J Cooreman, Epidémiologie des Maladies Respiratoires INSERM-U. 226, Faculté de Médecline Xavier Bichat, 16 Rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris-France.

Cooreman J (Epidémiologie des Maladies Respiratoires, INSERM-U.226, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, 16 rue Henri Huchard, 75018, Paris, France), Redon S, Levallois M, Liard R and Pardrizet S. Respiratory history during infancy and childhood, and respiratory conditions in adulthood. International Journal of Epidemiology 1990, 19: 621–627.

The aim of this paper was to study respiratory disorders in infancy and childhood as a risk factor for respiratory conditions in adulthood. During the first part of the survey 15 247 adolescents in the Bordeaux area (average age: 16.5 years, boys =46.6%) filled in a self-administered questionnaire concerning their respiratory history during infancy and childhood, their present symptoms and their smoking habits. Each subject with chronic cough (n = 538) was then matched with two controls (n = 1094) and the parents of these subjects and of their controls were sent a complementary questionaire. During the second part, 1807 adults (average age: 39.3 years; men = 49.7%) working at Bordeaux University filled in a self-administered questionnaire about their present respiratory symptoms, smoking habits and respiratory symptoms during adolescence. spirometry was performed in 172 adolescents and 1665 adults. the results of the first part showed a very significant relationship in adolescents between respiratory history during infancy and childhood and current chronic cough even in non-smokers, non-asthmatics. The second part showed a very significant relationship in adults between respiratory symptoms during adolescence and present respiratory symptoms on the one hand, and a lower pulmonary function on the other, taking wheezing, smoking and asthma into account. In common with many similar studies, we conclude that respiratory disorders in young children may predispose to later disease, and that consequently it might be important to determine appropriate measures to prevent respiratory illness in childhood.

Revised 1 March 1990


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