Sanjay Gyawali

May 1, 2023 | openres.ersjournals.com | Allwood BW |Juan Pablo López-Cervantes |Mathias Holm |Sanjay Gyawali

DiscussionThis is one of the first large population-based studies addressing the association of TB infection with asthma and respiratory symptoms in a low TB incidence setting, namely a Nordic–Baltic population. We found that a history of TB infection, mostly before young adulthood, was associated with higher odds of having asthma and respiratory symptoms at age 50–75 years. The associations were consistent across different definitions of asthma and symptom-based outcomes.