@article {Triebner226, author = {Kai Triebner and Ane Johanessen and Luca Puggini and Brynd{\'\i}s Benediktsd{\'o}ttir and {\TH}{\'o}rarinn G{\'\i}slason and Gunilla Wieslander and Dan Norb{\"a}ck and Rain J{\~o}gi and Karl Franklin and Kjell Tor{\'e}n and Vivi Schl{\"u}nssen and Mathias Holm and Lennart Br{\r a}back and Andrei Malinovschi and Lars Modig and Bertil Forsberg and Julia Dratva and Marie Waatevik and Trude D. Skorge and Randi J. Bertelsen and Eirunn Saure and Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez and Oistein Svanes and Elisabeth Zemp and Ernst R. Omenaas and Ferenc Mascali and B{\'e}n{\'e}dicte Leynaert and Deborah Jarvis and Shyamali Dharmage and Cecilie Svanes and Christer Janson and Eva Lindberg and Steinar Hustad and Francisco G. Real}, title = {Menopause is related to asthma: A Nordic cross-sectional survey}, volume = {44}, number = {Suppl 58}, elocation-id = {226}, year = {2014}, publisher = {European Respiratory Society}, abstract = {BackgroundThere is inconsistent evidence of an association between menopause and poor respiratory health. We aimed to investigate whether asthma was related to menopausal status.MethodsPostal questionnaires about respiratory and women{\textasciiacute}s health were sent in 2010-2012 to a population-based sample of women (n=4569, response rate=67\%) from the Respiratory Health In Northern Europe study. Menopause was defined as cessation of menstruations for at least one year and current asthma as reported use of asthma medication or having had an asthma attack in the last year. We included women between 45 and 66 years, not taking exogenous hormones (n=2252). Menopausal women (n=1925) were compared to women with regular menstruation (n=392) using logistic regressions with adjustment for age, smoking, BMI tertiles, physical activity and education.ResultsAmong menopausal women, prevalence of current asthma was 10.4\% and mean BMI 25.8 kg/m2; among women menstruating regularly, 5.9\% and 24.9 kg/m2, respectively. Menopausal women had a 95\% higher risk of asthma (OR= 1.95, 95\% CI= 1.13-3.34). Associations were significant after exclusion of ever smokers (OR= 2.28, 1.07-4.45). The relationship between asthma and BMI appeared to differ according to menopausal status.ConclusionMenopause was related to higher risk of current asthma. Interplay between menopausal status and BMI in association with asthma was indicated.}, issn = {0903-1936}, URL = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/226}, eprint = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content}, journal = {European Respiratory Journal} }