Asthma, allergy, the athlete and the Olympics

Carlsen, Kai‐Håkon; Kowalski, Marek L.

doi:10.1111/j.1398-9995.2008.01630.x

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“…Self-reported and doctors diagnosed asthma was most common in athletes in endurance sports like swimming, cycling and cross-country skiing [2,5,6,12-14,16-18]. Furthermore, some studies observed that medical treatment for asthma is also higher in athletes in endurance sports [5,11,13].…”

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Self-reported asthma and allergies in top athletes compared to the general population - results of the German part of the GA2LEN-Olympic study 2008

Thomas

Wolfarth²,

Wittmer

et al. 2010

All Asth Clin Immun

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BackgroundPrevalence of asthma and allergies in top athletes is high. However, most previous studies did not include a general population comparison group. We aimed to compare the prevalence of asthma, allergies and medical treatment in different groups of German top athletes to the general population.MethodsPrior to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, 291 German candidates for participation (65%) completed a questionnaire on respiratory and allergic symptoms. Results were compared to those of a general population study in Germany (n = 2425, response 68%). Furthermore, associations between types of sports and the self-reported outcomes were calculated. All models were adjusted for age, sex, level of education and smoking.ResultsAthletes reported significantly more doctors' diagnosed asthma (17% vs. 7%), more current use of asthma medication (10% vs. 4%) and allergic rhinitis (25% vs. 17%) compared to the general population. After adjustment, top athletes only had an increased Odds Ratio for doctor's diagnosed asthma (OR: 1.6; 95% CI 1.1-2.5). Compared to the general population, athletes in endurance sports had an increased OR for doctor's diagnosed asthma (2.4; 1.5-3.8) and current use of asthma medication (1.8; 1.0-3.4). In this group, current wheeze was increased when use of asthma medication was taken into account (1.8; 1.1-2.8). For other groups of athletes, no significantly increased ORs were observed.ConclusionsCompared to the general population, an increased risk of asthma diagnosis and treatment was shown for athletes involved in endurance sports. This might be due to a better medical surveillance and treatment of these athletes.

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Self-reported asthma and allergies in top athletes compared to the general population - results of the German part of the GA2LEN-Olympic study 2008

Thomas

Wolfarth²,

Wittmer

et al. 2010

All Asth Clin Immun

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“…Indeed, apart from allergic asthma, which is the most common form, other types of asthma have been described 8,38,83. One type is called nonallergic asthma, which develops independently from an allergic component 32.…”

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Immunological and genetic aspects of asthma and allergy

Madore¹,

Laprise²

2010

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Prevalence of allergy and allergic asthma are increasing worldwide. More than half of the US population has a positive skin prick test and approximately 10% are asthmatics. Many studies have been conducted to define immunological pathways underlying allergy and asthma development and to identify the main genetic determinants. In the effort to find missing pieces of the puzzle, new genomic approaches and more standardized ones, such as the candidate gene approach, have been used collectively. This article proposes an overview of the actual knowledge about immunological and genetic aspects of allergy and asthma. Special attention has been drawn to the challenges linked to genetic research in complex traits such as asthma and to the contribution of new genomic approaches.

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“…Mehrere GA²LEN Zentren haben Spitzenathleten, die an den olympischen Spielen in Peking 2008 teilgenommen haben, rekrutiert, um bei ihnen die Prävalenz allergischer Erkrankungen zu bestimmen und einen Zusammenhang zwischen der zu erwartenden Luftverschmutzung in Peking und den Symptomen zu untersuchen [50]. Die Ergebnisse der Studie werden derzeit analysiert.…”

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GA2LEN (Global Allergy and Asthma European Network), die Perspektive der deutschsprachigen Zentren

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Radon

Ring³

et al. 2009

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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Allergic diseases represent a major health problem in Europe. They are increasing in prevalence, severity and costs. GA2LEN (Global Allergy and Asthma European Network), an FP6 Network of Excellence, was created in 2005 as a vehicle to ensure excellence in research bringing together research and clinical institutions to combat fragmentation in the European research area and to tackle allergy as a whole. GA2LEN benefited greatly from the voluntary efforts of researchers who are strongly committed to this model of pan-European collaboration. The network was organized in order to increase networking for scientific projects in allergy and asthma around Europe and to make GA2LEN the world leader in the field. Besides these activities, research has been jointly made and the first papers are being published. GA2LEN achievements in general can be grouped as those for a durable infrastructure built up during the project phase those which are project-related work based on these novel infrastructures, and the development and implementations of guidelines. The major achievements of GA2LEN are reported in this paper.

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Asthma, allergy, the athlete and the Olympics

Cited by 22 publications

References 28 publications

Self-reported asthma and allergies in top athletes compared to the general population - results of the German part of the GA2LEN-Olympic study 2008

Self-reported asthma and allergies in top athletes compared to the general population - results of the German part of the GA2LEN-Olympic study 2008

Immunological and genetic aspects of asthma and allergy

GA2LEN (Global Allergy and Asthma European Network), die Perspektive der deutschsprachigen Zentren

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