The Role of Airway Inflammation and Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness in Athlete's Asthma.

PURPOSE: Asthma is frequently reported in endurance athletes. The aim of the present study was to assess the long-term airway inflammatory response to endurance exercise in high-level athletes with and without asthma. METHODS: In a cross-sectional design, 20 asthmatic athletes (10 swimmers, 10 cross-country skiers), 19 athletes without asthma (10 swimmers, 9 cross-country skiers) and 24 healthy non-athletes completed methacholine bronchial challenge, lung function tests and sputum induction on two separate days. All athletes competed on a national or international level and exercised >=10 hours/week. The non-athletes exercised

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