Different effects of sensitization to mites and pollens on asthma symptoms and spirometric indices in children: a population-based cohort study

Our results indicate that sensitization to mites is associated with insidious involvement of large and small airways, whereas sensitization to pollens is associated with childhood wheezing at the age of 8 to 10 years. Subsequent loss of these associations implies that risk factors other than allergy influence airway disease at a later age.