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• While the exact causes of asthma remain elusive, a new study suggests the condition may be more common in women with irregular periods.
• The finding adds to the evidence suggesting that female hormones play a role in the development of asthma and allergies, according to the report in the June issue of the journal Thorax.
• "We noticed that women with asthma more often have irregular menstruation," said lead researcher Dr. Cecilie Svanes, a pulmonologist in the Department of Thoracic Medicine at Haukeland Hospital, in Bergen, Norway.
• The researchers found that younger women with irregular periods were 58 percent more likely to develop asthma compared to women with regular periods.
• Svanes speculated that this phenomenon may be related to polycystic ovarian syndrome, which leads to irregular periods and insulin resistance.
• "Treatment of the insulin resistance will make some of these women fertile," she noted.
• So, asthma may have common risk factors with polycystic ovarian syndrome, Svanes said.
• "There is a lot of discussion when it comes to heart disease, but there has been very little discussion of this when it comes to lung disease.
• This finding suggests that asthma could be associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, like all of the other Western Society diseases [heart disease, diabetes and obesity]."
• In another, as yet unpublished study, Svanes's team found that hormonal imbalance in women is related to poorer lung function.
• "This is very unusual," said Dr. Clifford Bassett, a clinical instructor at New York University School of Medicine and a spokesman for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
• "The study is interesting and intriguing, but I am not sure how the clinician can utilize the information in terms of a day-to-day practical approach."

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