Gayan Bowatte

Childhood lung function as a determinant of menopause-dependent lung function decline

K Triebner, D Bui, EH Walters, MJ Abramson, G Bowatte, B Campbell, P Dadvand, B Erbas, DP Johns, B Leynaert, CJ Lodge, AJ Lowe, JL Perret, S Hustad, F Gómez Real, SC Dharmage

Journal article  |  2021  |  Maturitas

Rationale: The naturally occurring age-dependent decline in lung function accelerates after menopause, likely due to the change of..

Lung function trajectory and biomarkers in the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study.

Dinh S Bui, Alvar Agusti, Haydn Walters, Caroline Lodge, Jennifer L Perret, Adrian Lowe, Gayan Bowatte, Raisa Cassim, Garun S Hamilton, Peter Frith, Alan James, Paul S Thomas, Debbie Jarvis, Michael J Abramson, Rosa Faner, Shyamali C Dharmage

Journal article  |  2021  |  ERJ Open Res

Background and objective: Different lung function trajectories through life can lead to COPD in adulthood. This study investigated..

Trajectories of asthma and allergies from 7 to 53 years and their relationship with middle-aged lung function and extra-pulmonary comorbidity profiles: a prospective cohort study

Dinh Bui, Caroline Lodge, Jennifer Perret, Adrian Lowe, Garun HAMILTON, Bruce Thompson, Graham Giles, Bircan Erbas, Jane Pirkis, Flavia Cicutini, Raisa Cassim, Gayan Bowatte, Paul Thomas, John Hopper, Michael Abramson, Haydn Walters, Shyamali Dharmage

Journal article  |  2021  |  The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Background Longitudinal trajectories of asthma and allergies from childhood to adulthood might be differentially associated with l..

Household use of biomass fuel is associated with childhood wheeze and eczema: a cross sectional study of rural communities in Kandy, Sri Lanka

O Lall, G Bowatte, S Dharmaratne, AJ Lowe, A Vakalopoulos, I Ambrose, P Jayasinghe, D Yasaratne, J Eyworth, SC Dharmage

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  06.01 - Epidemiology

Ambient PM2.5 Exposure and Respiratory Disease Hospitalization in Kandy, Sri Lanka

S Priyankara, D Yasaratne, R Jayaratne, M Senarathne, S Abeysundara, R Weerasooriya, L Morawska, L Knibbs, D Madegedara, S Dharmage, G Bowatte

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  06.02 - Occupational and environmental health

Association between ambient air pollution and development and persistence of atopic and non-atopic eczema in a cohort of adults

Diego J Lopez, Caroline J Lodge, Dinh S Bui, Nilakshi T Waidyatillake, John C Su, Jenny L Perret, Luke D Knibbs, Bircan Erbas, Paul S Thomas, Garun S Hamilton, Bruce R Thompson, Michael J Abramson, E Haydn Walters, Shyamali C Dharmage, Gayan Bowatte, Adrian J Lowe

Journal article  |  2021  |  ALLERGY

BACKGROUND: There is limited information on risk factors for eczema in adults. Recent evidence suggests that air pollution may be ..

Current pet ownership modifies the adverse association between long-term ambient air pollution exposure and childhood asthma

Xiao-Wen Zeng, Caroline J Lodge, Adrian J Lowe, Yuming Guo, Michael J Abramson, Gayan Bowatte, Li-Wen Hu, Bo-Yi Yang, Zan-Xiong Chen, Shyamali C Dharmage, Guang-Hui Dong

Journal article  |  2021  |  CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL ALLERGY

BACKGROUND: Recent studies suggest that household endotoxin and allergens can modify the impact of air pollutants on development o..

Human milk oligosaccharide profiles and allergic disease up to 18 years

Caroline J Lodge, Adrian J Lowe, Elasma Milanzi, Gayan Bowatte, Michael J Abramson, Helen Tsimiklis, Christine Axelrad, Bianca Robertson, Aaron E Darling, Cecilie Svanes, Matthias Wjst, Shyamali C Dharmage, Lars Bode

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) are a diverse range of sugars secreted in breast milk that have direct and indirect ..

Household Air Pollution from Biomass Fuel for Cooking and Adverse Fetal Growth Outcomes in Rural Sri Lanka

Alicia Vakalopoulos, Shyamali C Dharmage, Samath Dharmaratne, Pasan Jayasinghe, Olivia Lall, Isabella Ambrose, Rohan Weerasooriya, Dinh S Bui, Duminda Yasaratne, Jane Heyworth, Gayan Bowatte

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of biomass fuel for cooking on adverse fetal growth outcomes in Sri Lanka. A c..

Bronchodilator reversibility as a diagnostic test for adult asthma: findings from the population-based Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study

Daniel J Tan, Caroline J Lodge, Adrian J Lowe, Dinh S Bui, Gayan Bowatte, David P Johns, Garun S Hamilton, Paul S Thomas, Michael J Abramson, E Haydn Walters, Jennifer L Perret, Shyamali C Dharmage

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  ERJ OPEN RESEARCH

Bronchodilator reversibility (BDR) is often used as a diagnostic test for adult asthma. However, there has been limited assessment..