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European Community Respiratory Health Survey

 

What is ECRHS III?

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ERS Munich 2006
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Funding for ECRHS III

The coordination of ECRHS III in Europe is funded by the Medical Research Council (Grant Number 92091)

The European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) is a multicentre, international study initially set up in the early 1990’s to assess the prevalence of asthma and allergy in young to middle aged adults.
Many research groups have followed up participants in the study in 2000-2002 (ECRHS II).
We are now following up participants for a second time (ECRHS III).

The aims of the ECRHS III are to

  1. Describe change in respiratory symptom prevalence in adults as they age
  2. Assess change in IgE sensitisation to common allergens in adults as they age
  3. Determine whether the prognosis of asthma is influenced by any observed change in atopic status
  4. Assess whether atopic status and asthma as measured over a twenty year period is associated with lung function decline or the development of COPD in older adults
  5. Describe the association of obesity and physical exercise with asthma, lung function, lung function decline and the prognosis of asthma

Throughout we will assess whether observed effects are similar in men and women and assess whether menopausal status influences associations within women.
Although we will focus on these aims data generated through this project will also be analysed to provide observational evidence of associations of lifestyle and environmental factors (eg occupation and air pollution) with atopy, respiratory symptoms, lung function decline and the development of COPD.