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Cured meat intake is associated with worsening asthma symptoms
Habitual intake of cured meat may aggravate symptoms of asthma.
This study examined the severity of asthma symptoms based on the level of consumption of cured meat. Researchers matched dietary intake of cured meat with the occurrence of symptoms of asthma among 971 men and women.
The team of investigators discovered that avid consumers of cured meat reported higher frequency and more severe symptoms of asthma. This study pointed out that fondness for cured meat may worsen asthma symptoms.
Research Summary Information
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2017
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Zhen Li, Marta Rava, Annabelle Bédard, Orianne Dumas, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Bénédicte Leynaert, Christophe Pison, Nicole Le Moual, Isabelle Romieu, Valérie Siroux, Carlos A Camargo Jr, Rachel Nadif, Raphaëlle Varraso
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INSERM, U1168, VIMA: Aging and Chronic Diseases. Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, Villejuif, France. Univ Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, Montigny le Bretonneux, France. Univ Paris-Sud, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Genetic & Molecular Epidemiology Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Madrid, Spain. Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain. CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain. INSERM UMR1152, Physiopathologie et épidémiologie des maladies respiratoires, équipe Epidémiologie, Paris, France. Clinique Universitaire de Pneumologie, Pôle Thorax et Vaisseaux, CHU Grenoble, Grenoble, France. INSERM U1055, Grenoble, France. Université Alpes, Grenoble, France. Instituto Nacional De Salud Publica, Mexico, currently at International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. INSERM IAB, Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Inserm, Grenoble, France. IAB, Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Universite Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France. CHU de Grenoble, IAB, Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Grenoble, France. Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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