What is it about?
Earlier studies have found that it is the evening chronotype (“night owls”) that has the increased risks of a range of health-related factors. This study tested whether persons with the evening chronotype had the increased odds for respiratory symptoms and diseases.
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Why is it important?
This is the first report to show that the behavioral trait of eveningness associates with the increased odds for the bronchial asthma and nocturnal asthma in particular.
Perspectives
In this study, it was alarming to note that the evening activity pattern is independently linked both to smoking and to bronchial asthma, both adding to the risk for respiratory dysfunction. Please read it through this eprint link: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/fgnDWmEEcIvbftSnMd4q/full
Professor Timo Partonen
National Institute for Health and Welfare
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This page is a summary of: Evening chronotypes have the increased odds for bronchial asthma and nocturnal asthma, Chronobiology International, October 2013, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2013.826672.
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