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Foetal exposure to maternal stressful events increases the risk of having asthma and atopic diseases in childhoodRoberto de Marco
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Italy
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 23:724-9. 2012..The natural history of asthma and atopic diseases begins in utero. Studies investigating the influence of foetal exposure to maternal stressful life events during pregnancy (SLEP) on asthma and atopic diseases are lacking...- Trends in the prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis in Italy between 1991 and 2010R de Marco
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Dept of Public Health and Community Health, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
Eur Respir J 39:883-92. 2012..The asthma epidemic is not over in Italy. During the past 20 yrs, asthma prevalence has increased by 38%, in parallel with a similar increase in asthma-like symptoms and allergic rhinitis... 
Incidence of asthma and mortality in a cohort of young adults: a 7-year prospective studyRoberto de Marco
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Respir Res 6:95. 2005..A 7-year follow-up prospective study was performed to assess the incidence of asthma and mortality from all causes in a cohort of young adults...- Risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a European cohort of young adultsRoberto de Marco
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Istituti Biologici II, Verona, Italy
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:891-7. 2011..Few studies have investigated the factors associated with the early inception of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)... 
Incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a cohort of young adults according to the presence of chronic cough and phlegmRoberto de Marco
Sezione di Epidemiologia and Statistica Medica, Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica, Universita degli Studi di Verona, c o Istituti Biologici II, Strada Le Grazie 8 37134, Verona, Italy
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 175:32-9. 2007..The few prospective studies aimed at assessing the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in relation to the presence of chronic cough/phlegm have produced contrasting results...- The Gene-Environment Interactions in Respiratory Diseases (GEIRD) ProjectR de Marco
University of Verona, Italy
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 152:255-63. 2010..Researchers conducting population-based surveys with standardized methods may contribute to the public-domain case-control database, and use the resulting increased power to answer their own scientific questions... - Proximity to chipboard industries increases the risk of respiratory and irritation symptoms in children: the Viadana studyRoberto de Marco
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Italy
Sci Total Environ 408:511-7. 2010..The present findings suggest that emissions from chipboard industries might have a serious impact on children's health status and should therefore be reduced and closely monitored... - Inhaled steroids are associated with reduced lung function decline in subjects with asthma with elevated total IgERoberto de Marco
University of Verona, Department of Medicine and Public Health, Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Verona, Italy
J Allergy Clin Immunol 119:611-7. 2007..Few studies have investigated the long-term association between inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) and lung function decline in asthma... - Long-term outcomes in mild/moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the European community respiratory health surveyRoberto de Marco
Sezione di Epidemiologia and Statistica Medica, Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Verona c o Istituti Biologici II, Strada Le Grazie 8, 37134 Verona, Italy
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 180:956-63. 2009..Little is known about the long-term outcomes of individuals with mild/moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) according to spirometric criteria... - Prognostic factors of asthma severity: a 9-year international prospective cohort studyRoberto de Marco
University of Verona, Department of Medicine and Public Health, Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Verona, Italy
J Allergy Clin Immunol 117:1249-56. 2006..The natural history of asthma severity is poorly known... - An international survey of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in young adults according to GOLD stagesR de Marco
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Thorax 59:120-5. 2004.... - Influence of early life exposures on incidence and remission of asthma throughout lifeRoberto de Marco
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Istituti Biologici II, Strada Le Grazie 8, 37134 Verona, Italy
J Allergy Clin Immunol 113:845-52. 2004..Knowledge of the effects of early environmental and congenital factors on the natural history of asthma may provide important clues to the pathogenesis of asthma... - Proximity to wood factories and hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in childrenMarta Rava
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 8, 37134 Verona, Italy
Sci Total Environ 410:80-6. 2011..Exposure to air pollutants emitted by wood industries has been associated with increased prevalence of respiratory and irritation symptoms... - Body mass index, weight gain, and other determinants of lung function decline in adult asthmaAlessandro Marcon
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:1069-74, 1074.e1-4. 2009..Little is known about factors associated with lung function decline in asthma... - Poor control increases the economic cost of asthma. A multicentre population-based studySimone Accordini
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 141:189-98. 2006..We sought to evaluate the cost of current asthma from the societal perspective in young Italian adults and the determinants of cost variation... - Asthmatics and ex-smokers respond early, heavy smokers respond late to mailed surveys in ItalyGiuseppe Verlato
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Respir Med 104:172-9. 2010..The present study aimed at evaluating the impact of non-response bias on prevalence estimates of respiratory symptoms and smoking habits... - Time trends in smoking habits among Italian young adultsGiuseppe Verlato
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Verona, and Cardiopulmonary Department, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, University and Hospital of Pisa, Italy
Respir Med 100:2197-206. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Smoking has declined among Italian young adults of both genders. Further efforts are necessary to promote active anti-smoking campaign, especially among adolescents, which are at higher risk of starting to smoke... - Asthma severity according to Global Initiative for Asthma and its determinants: an international studyLucia Cazzoletti
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 151:70-9. 2010..We aimed to describe asthma severity using the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) classification and to investigate its determinants in a cross-sectional, population-based sample in Europe... - Asthma control in Europe: a real-world evaluation based on an international population-based studyLucia Cazzoletti
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
J Allergy Clin Immunol 120:1360-7. 2007..Epidemiologic evidence related to asthma control in patients from the general population is scanty... - The control of asthma in Italy. A multicentre descriptive study on young adults with doctor diagnosed current asthmaRoberto de Marco
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Allergy 58:221-8. 2003.... - The cost of persistent asthma in Europe: an international population-based study in adultsSimone Accordini
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 160:93-101. 2013..This study is aimed at providing a real-world evaluation of the economic cost of persistent asthma among European adults according to the degree of disease control [as defined by the 2006 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines]... - Proximity to wood industries and respiratory symptoms in children: a sensitivity analysisMarta Rava
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Italy
Environ Int 38:37-44. 2012..The sensitivity analyses confirmed the overall increasing trend of respiratory symptoms with proximity to the industries and pointed out that all the assumptions made for defining a proxy of exposure need to be carefully checked... - The impact of diagnosed and undiagnosed current asthma in the general adult populationSimone Accordini
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy simone accordini univr it
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 155:403-11. 2011..However, undiagnosed asthmatics should be taken into account to correctly evaluate the impact of the disease in the general population... - Spatial analysis of binary health indicators with local smoothing techniques The Viadana studyPaolo Girardi
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Sci Total Environ 414:380-6. 2012.... - [Cause-specific mortality in populations exposed and unexposed to outdoor emissions of formaldehyde and wood dust: the Viadana study]Marta Rava
Istituti Biologici II, Sezione di Epidemiologia e Statistica Medica, Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica, Universita di Verona, Strada Le Grazie 8, Verona
Epidemiol Prev 33:176-83. 2009..to describe the mortality risk for all causes and chronic diseases among people living in the industrial district of Viadana (Mantua), where wooden furniture factories producing formaldehyde and wood dust are situated... - Using the age at onset may increase the reliability of longitudinal asthma assessmentCristian Pattaro
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Istituti Biologici II, Strada Le Grazie 8, I 37134 Verona, Italy
J Clin Epidemiol 60:704-711. 2007..Recently, self-reported asthma was combined with reported age of onset to investigate the disease's natural history. To assess the validity of reported results, we investigated the reliability of the method... - Asthma in childhood reduces smoking initiation in subsequent teens among malesGiuseppe Verlato
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
J Adolesc Health 48:253-8. 2011..The association between smoking habits and asthma is complex because subjects with asthma could avoid smoking, whereas smoking could increase asthma severity or incidence... - Are the asthma guideline goals achieved in daily practice? A population-based study on treatment adequacy and the control of asthmaRoberto de Marco
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 138:225-34. 2005..However, few data are available to assess the adequacy of the use of drugs and its influence on the control of asthma in 'real life'... - Is the prevalence of adult asthma and allergic rhinitis still increasing? Results of an Italian studyGiuseppe Verlato
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Medicine and Public Health, Istituti Biologici 2, Strada Le Grazie 8, 37134 University of Verona, Verona, Italy
J Allergy Clin Immunol 111:1232-8. 2003..The prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis has increased worldwide during the 1970s and 1980s... - Incidence and remission of asthma: a retrospective study on the natural history of asthma in ItalyRoberto de Marco
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Verona, c/o Istituti Biologici II, Strada Le Grazie 8, 37134 Verona, Italy
J Allergy Clin Immunol 110:228-35. 2002..The minority of patients with early-onset asthma who do not remit represents more than 35% of patients with current asthma in the general young adult population... - Incidence of respiratory and allergic symptoms in Italian and immigrant childrenAlessandro Marcon
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Italy
Respir Med 105:204-10. 2011..We investigated whether the incidence of allergic and respiratory symptoms differed for Italian and immigrant children living in one area of Northern Italy... - Tobacco smoke exposure and serum cotinine in a random sample of adults living in Verona, ItalyMario Olivieri
Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica, Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy
Arch Environ Health 57:355-9. 2002.... - Diverging trends of chronic bronchitis and smoking habits between 1998 and 2010Simone Accordini
Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, c o Istituti Biologici II, Strada Le Grazie 8, 37134, Verona, Italy
Respir Res 14:16. 2013..We evaluated the trend in CB prevalence during the past decade among young Italian adults... - Criminal investigations: pupil pharmacological reactivity as method for assessing time since death is fallaciousMarco Orrico
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Legal Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 29:304-8. 2008.... - Correlation between asthma and climate in the European Community Respiratory Health SurveyGiuseppe Verlato
Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Italy
Arch Environ Health 57:48-52. 2002..e., England, New Zealand, and Oregon). In conclusion, climate can account for significant geographic variability in respiratory symptom prevalence... - Annoyance due to air pollution in EuropeBenedicte Jacquemin
Municipal Institute of Medical Research, Barcelona, Spain
Int J Epidemiol 36:809-20. 2007..The objectives of this study are to describe the variations in annoyance due to air pollution in Europe and its individual and environmental determinants... - Prevalence and treatment of pain in adults admitted to Italian hospitalsMarco Visentin
Department of Oncology, Pain Therapy and Palliative Care Unit, S Bortolo Hospital, Via Rodolfi 37, 36100 Vicenza, Italy
Eur J Pain 9:61-7. 2005..Very few studies have been conducted on the presence and control of pain in Italian hospitals... - An increase in bronchial responsiveness is associated with continuing or restarting smokingSusan Chinn
Department of Public Health Sciences, King s College London, London, UK
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 172:956-61. 2005..Bronchial responsiveness (BHR) has been found to be associated with smoking, atopy, and lower lung function in cross-sectional studies, but there is little information on determinants of change in adults... - Smoking cessation, lung function, and weight gain: a follow-up studySusan Chinn
Department of Public Health Sciences, King s College London, 5th Floor Capital House, 42 Weston Street, London SE1 3QD, UK
Lancet 365:1629-35; discussion 1600-1. 2005..We estimated the net benefit of smoking cessation, and the independent effects of smoking and weight change on change in ventilatory lung function in the international European Community Respiratory Health Survey... - Change in prevalence of IgE sensitization and mean total IgE with age and cohortDeborah Jarvis
Department of Public Health Sciences, King s College London, UK
J Allergy Clin Immunol 116:675-82. 2005..This could reflect either a decrease in sensitization with aging or a higher prevalence of sensitization in more recent birth cohorts... - Do asthma and allergy influence subsequent pet keeping? An analysis of childhood and adulthoodCecilie Svanes
Department of Thoracic Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
J Allergy Clin Immunol 118:691-8. 2006..Asthma and allergy might influence the choice of keeping pets, leading to apparent protective effects of pets on allergic disease... - Investigating indicators and determinants of asthma in young adultsMario Grassi
Department of Health Sciences, Section of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Pavia, via Bassi, 21, Pavia, 27100, Italy
Eur J Epidemiol 21:831-42. 2006..We aimed to assess multiple indicators and multiple determinants of asthma in young adults by applying latent variable mixture models (LVMMs), a novel statistical modelling with hidden (or latent) variables... - Physical activity and bronchial hyperresponsiveness: European Community Respiratory Health Survey IIRafea Shaaban
INSERM U700, Epidémiologie des Maladies Respiratoires, Faculte Xavier Bichat, BP 416, 16 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France
Thorax 62:403-10. 2007..The relationship between physical activity and BHR in men and women aged 28.0-56.5 years randomly selected from 24 centres in 11 countries participating in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey II was investigated... - What evidence could validate the definition of COPD?Roberto de Marco
Thorax 63:756-7. 2008 - Classic Kaposi sarcoma in northern Sardinia: a prospective epidemiologic overview (1977-2003) correlated with malaria prevalence (1934)Francesca Cottoni
Department of Dermatology, University of Sassari, Italy
J Am Acad Dermatol 55:990-5. 2006..As a Mediterranean area, northern Sardinia has a high CKS frequency... - Factors affecting adherence to asthma treatment in an international cohort of young and middle-aged adultsAngelo G Corsico
Division of Respiratory Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S Matteo, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Respir Med 101:1363-7. 2007..A major reason of the poor control of asthma is that patients fail to adhere to their treatment. The aim of the study was to identify factors affecting changes in asthma treatment adherence in an international cohort... - Exhaled nitric oxide in a population sample of adultsLuisa Bommarito
Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Turin and Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, Italy
Respiration 75:386-92. 2008..The relationship between exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) and the diagnosis of asthma in the general adult population is not completely clear...