Objectives: To examine changes and socioeconomic patterns in indicators of a poor indoor environment in 2000 and 2021.
Study Design: Cross-sectional data from the Danish Health and Morbidity Survey in 2000 and 2021.
Methods: The study included 27,068 participants.
Background: More knowledge is needed on the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) associated with housing conditions and indoor environment based on cohort studies with a long follow-up time.
Objective: To examine the association between housing conditions and indoor environment and the risk of developing COPD.
Methods: In this cohort study, we followed 11,590 individuals aged ≥ 30 years free of COPD at baseline.
The increasing prevalence of reported annoyances in the indoor environment threatens public health. This study aimed to investigate the association between perceived annoyances from the home environment and respiratory infections among individuals with and without asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A total of 16,688 individuals from the Danish Health and Morbidity Survey initiated in 2000 were grouped according to their patterns of perceived annoyances.
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September 2022
The indoor environment is composed of several exposures existing simultaneously. Therefore, it might be useful to combine exposures into common combined measures when used to assess the association with health. The aim of our study was to identify patterns of the perceived indoor environment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground Little is known about the impact of pregnancy on long-term cardiovascular health in individuals with congenital heart disease (CHD). We aimed to determine if giving birth in patients with CHD is associated with higher risk of long-term cardiovascular morbidity. Methods and Results We studied a cohort of 1262 individuals with CHD giving birth (live or still) from 1993 to 2015 using Danish nationwide registers.
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