Sex disparities in asthma development and clinical outcomes: implications for treatment strategies

GQ Zhang, SS Özuygur Ermis, M Rådinger… - Journal of Asthma …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
A gender-related disparity exists in asthma morbidity and mortality, which shifts at around
puberty from a male predominance to a female predominance. This is clinically reflected in …

Exogenous female sex steroid hormones and new-onset asthma in women: a matched case–control study

G Zhang, R Basna, MB Mathur, C Lässer, R Mincheva… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Evidence on the role of exogenous female sex steroid hormones in asthma
development in women remains conflicting. We sought to quantify the potential causal role …

The association of infant urinary adrenal steroids with the risk of childhood asthma development

KN Turi, Y Li, Y Xu, T Gebretsadik… - Annals of Allergy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Adrenal steroids play important roles in early-life development. However, our
understanding of the effects of perinatal adrenal steroids on the development of childhood …