Hannu Kankaanranta
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical-
Underdiagnosis and misclassification of COPD in Sweden - A Nordic Epilung
study
M. Axelsson, H. Backman, Bright I Nwaru, C. Stridsman, Lowie E G W Vanfleteren, L. Hedman, P. Piirila, J. Jalasto, A. Langhammer, Hannu Kankaanranta, Madeleine Rådinger, Linda Ekerljung, E. Ronmark, A. Lindberg
Respiratory Medicine - 2023 -
Multidisciplinary approaches to identifying and managing global airways disease: Expert recommendations based on qualitative
discussions
V. Backer, L. O. Cardell, L. Lehtimaki, S. Toppila-Salmi, L. Bjermer, S. Reitsma, P. W. Hellings, D. Weinfeld, K. Aanaes, C. S. Ulrik, G. J. Braunstahl, B. B. Aarli, A. Danielsen, Hannu Kankaanranta, S. Steinsvag, C. Bachert
Frontiers in Allergy - 2023 -
Exogenous female sex steroid hormones and new-onset asthma in women: a matched case-control
study
Guo-Qiang Zhang, Rani Basna, Maya B Mathur, Cecilia Lässer, Roxana Mincheva, Linda Ekerljung, Göran Wennergren, Madeleine Rådinger, Bo Lundbäck, Hannu Kankaanranta, Bright I Nwaru
BMC medicine - 2023 -
Sensitization patterns to cat molecular allergens in subjects with allergic sensitization to cat
dander
Özuygur Ermis, Aram Norouzi, Magnus P Borres, Rani Basna, Linda Ekerljung, Carina Malmhäll, Emma Goksör, Göran Wennergren, Madeleine Rådinger, Jan Lötvall, Hannu Kankaanranta, Bright I Nwaru
Clinical and translational allergy - 2023 -
Nonrespiratory Diseases in Adults Without and With Asthma by Age at Asthma
Diagnosis.
Jasmin Honkamäki, Pinja Ilmarinen, Hanna Hisinger-Mölkänen, Leena E Tuomisto, Heidi Andersén, Heini Huhtala, Anssi Sovijärvi, Ari Lindqvist, Helena Backman, Bright I Nwaru, Eva Rönmark, Lauri Lehtimäki, Paula Pallasaho, Päivi Piirilä, Hannu Kankaanranta
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice - 2023 -
Siblings and risk of allergic rhinitis: A systematic review and
meta-analysis
Daniil Lisik, Özuygur Ermis, Athina Ioannidou, Gregorio Paolo Milani, Sungkutu Nyassi, Giulia Carla Immacolata Spolidoro, Hannu Kankaanranta, Emma Goksör, Göran Wennergren, Bright I Nwaru
Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology - 2023 -
Birth order, sibship size, and risk of atopic dermatitis, food allergy, and atopy: A systematic review and
meta-analysis
Daniil Lisik, Özuygur Ermis, Athina Ioannidou, Gregorio Paolo Milani, Sungkutu Nyassi, Giulia Carla Immacolata Spolidoro, Hannu Kankaanranta, Emma Goksör, Göran Wennergren, Bright I Nwaru
Clinical and translational allergy - 2023 -
Interaction of smoking and social status on the risk of respiratory outcomes in a Swedish adult population: A Nordic Epilung
study
Muwada Bashir Awad Bashir, Rani Basna, Linnea Hedman, Helena Backman, Linda Ekerljung, Heidi Andersén, Göran Wennergren, Laxmi Bhatta, Anne Lindberg, Bo Lundbäck, Hannu Kankaanranta, Eva Rönmark, Bright I Nwaru
Respiratory medicine - 2023 -
Defined daily dose definition in medication adherence assessment in
asthma
P. Saukkosalmi, Hannu Kankaanranta, I. Vahatalo, L. Sillanmaki, M. Sumanen
European Clinical Respiratory Journal - 2023 -
Association Between Blood Eosinophils and Neutrophils With Clinical Features in Adult-Onset
Asthma.
Ella Flinkman, Iida Vähätalo, Leena E Tuomisto, Lauri Lehtimäki, Pentti Nieminen, Onni Niemelä, Mari Hämäläinen, Eeva Moilanen, Hannu Kankaanranta, Pinja Ilmarinen
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice - 2023 -
Prevalence and management of severe asthma in the Nordic countries: findings from the NORDSTAR
cohort
S. Hansen, A. von Bulow, P. Sandin, O. Ernstsson, C. Janson, L. Lehtimaki, Hannu Kankaanranta, C. Ulrik, B. B. Aarli, H. F. Wahl, K. Geale, S. T. Tang, M. Wolf, T. Larsen, A. Altraja, H. Backman, M. Kilpelainen, A. Viinanen, D. Ludviksdottir, P. Kauppi, A. Sverrild, S. Lehmann, V. Backer, V. Yasinska, T. Skjold, J. Karjalainen, A. Bossios, C. Porsbjerg
ERJ Open Research - 2023 -
Is sibship composition a risk factor for childhood asthma? Systematic review and
meta-analysis
Daniil Lisik, Özuygur Ermis, Athina Ioannidou, Gregorio Paolo Milani, Sungkutu Nyassi, Giulia Carla Immacolata Spolidoro, Hannu Kankaanranta, Emma Goksör, Göran Wennergren, Bright I Nwaru
World journal of pediatrics : WJP - 2023 -
Mortality Associated With Occupational Exposure in Helsinki, Finland-A 24-Year
Follow-up
J. Jalasto, R. Luukkonen, A. Lindqvist, A. Langhammer, Hannu Kankaanranta, H. Backman, E. Ronmark, A. Sovijarvi, P. Kauppi, P. Piirila
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - 2023 -
Season of birth affects the risk of adult-onset asthma in
Finland.
Anni Koskinen, Riikka Lemmetyinen, Annika Luukkainen, Hannu Kankaanranta, Pinja Ilmarinen, Jussi Karjalainen, Juha Pekkanen, Heini Huhtala, Jari Haukka, Anna But, Sanna Toppila-Salmi
Allergy - 2023 -
Comparison of clinician diagnosis of COVID-19 with real time polymerase chain reaction in an adult-representative population in
Sweden
Eman Quraishi, Chiamaka Jibuaku, Daniil Lisik, Göran Wennergren, Jan Lötvall, Fredrik Nyberg, Linda Ekerljung, Madeleine Rådinger, Hannu Kankaanranta, Bright I Nwaru
Respiratory research - 2023 -
Eosinophilic airway diseases: basic science, clinical manifestations and future
challenges.
Christer Janson, Leif Bjermer, Lauri Lehtimäki, Hannu Kankaanranta, Jussi Karjalainen, Alan Altraja, Valentyna Yasinska, Bernt Aarli, Madeleine Rådinger, Johan Hellgren, Magnus Lofdahl, Peter H Howarth, Celeste Porsbjerg
European clinical respiratory journal - 2022 -
NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease: a population
study.
Heidi Andersén, Pinja Ilmarinen, Jasmin Honkamäki, Leena E Tuomisto, Hanna Hisinger-Mölkänen, Helena Backman, Bo Lundbäck, Eva Rönmark, Tari Haahtela, Anssi Sovijärvi, Lauri Lehtimäki, Päivi Piirilä, Hannu Kankaanranta
ERJ open research - 2022 -
Body mass index increase: a risk factor for forced expiratory volume in 1 s decline for overweight and obese adults with
asthma
N. B. Baron, Hannu Kankaanranta, L. Hedman, M. Andersson, C. Stridsman, A. Lindberg, E. Ronmark, H. Backman
European Respiratory Journal Open Research (ERJ Open Research) - 2022 -
Long-Term Use of Short-Acting beta(2)-Agonists in Patients With Adult-Onset
Asthma
I. Vahatalo, L. Lehtimaki, L. E. Tuomisto, J. Karjalainen, O. Niemela, P. Ilmarinen, Hannu Kankaanranta
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology-in Practice - 2022 -
Documentation of smoking in scheduled asthma contacts in primary health care: a 12-year follow-up
study
J. Takala, I. Vahatalo, L. E. Tuomisto, O. Niemela, P. Ilmarinen, Hannu Kankaanranta
Npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - 2022 -
The combined effect of exposures to vapours, gases, dusts, fumes and tobacco smoke on current
asthma
H. Hisinger-Molkanen, Hannu Kankaanranta, T. Haahtela, A. Sovijarvi, L. Tuomisto, H. Andersen, A. Lindqvist, H. Backman, A. Langhammer, E. Ronmark, P. Ilmarinen, P. Pallasaho, P. Piirila
Clinical Respiratory Journal - 2022 -
Determinants of Severe Asthma - A Long-Term Cohort Study in Northern
Sweden.
Helena Backman, Caroline Stridsman, Linnea Hedman, Lina Rönnebjerg, Bright I Nwaru, Thomas Sandström, Hannu Kankaanranta, Anne Lindberg, Eva Rönmark
Journal of asthma and allergy - 2022 -
Relationship Between Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor (suPAR) and Disease Outcome in Adult-Onset
Asthma
T. Niemela, Hannu Kankaanranta, I. Vahatalo, J. Loponen, L. E. Tuomisto, O. Niemela, M. Hamalainen, E. Moilanen, P. Ilmarinen
Journal of Asthma and Allergy - 2022 -
Age at asthma diagnosis is related to prevalence and characteristics of asthma
symptoms
H. Hisinger-Molkanen, J. Honkamaki, Hannu Kankaanranta, L. Tuomisto, H. Backman, H. Andersen, A. Lindqvist, L. Lehtimaki, A. Sovijarvi, E. Ronmark, P. Pallasaho, P. Ilmarinen, P. Piirila
World Allergy Organization Journal - 2022 -
Self-Reported Physician Diagnosed Asthma with COPD is Associated with Higher Mortality than Self-Reported Asthma or COPD Alone - A Prospective 24-Year Study in the Population of Helsinki,
Finland
J. Jalasto, P. Kauppi, R. Luukkonen, A. Lindqvist, A. Langhammer, Hannu Kankaanranta, H. Backman, E. Ronmark, A. Sovijarvi, P. Piirila
Copd-Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - 2022 -
Occupation, socioeconomic status and chronic obstructive respiratory diseases – The EpiLung study in Finland, Estonia and
Sweden
J. Jalasto, P. Lassmann-Klee, C. Schyllert, R. Luukkonen, M. Meren, M. Larsson, J. Põlluste, B. M. Sundblad, A. Lindqvist, S. Krokstad, Hannu Kankaanranta, P. Kauppi, A. Sovijärvi, T. Haahtela, H. Backman, Bo Lundbäck, P. Piirilä
Respiratory Medicine - 2022 -
Level of education and asthma control in adult-onset
asthma
Pinja Ilmarinen, Caroline Stridsman, Muwada Bashir Awad Bashir, Leena E Tuomisto, Iida Vähätalo, Emma Goksör, Hannu Kankaanranta, Helena Backman, Arnulf Langhammer, Päivi Piirilä, Eva Rönmark, Bo Lundbäck, Bright I Nwaru, Göran Wennergren
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma - 2022 -
Sex Disparities in Asthma Development and Clinical Outcomes: Implications for Treatment
Strategies
Guo-Qiang Zhang, Özuygur Ermis, Madeleine Rådinger, A. Bossios, Hannu Kankaanranta, Bright I Nwaru
Journal of Asthma and Allergy - 2022 -
Participation in scheduled asthma follow-up contacts and adherence to treatment during 12-year follow-up in patients with adult-onset
asthma
J. Takala, I. Vahatalo, L. E. Tuomisto, O. Niemela, P. Ilmarinen, Hannu Kankaanranta
Bmc Pulmonary Medicine - 2022 -
Asthma Remission by Age at Diagnosis and Gender in a Population-Based
Study
J. Honkamäki, P. Piirilä, H. Hisinger-Mölkänen, L. E. Tuomisto, H. Andersén, H. Huhtala, A. Sovijärvi, A. Lindqvist, H. Backman, Bo Lundbäck, E. Rönmark, L. Lehtimäki, P. Pallasaho, P. Ilmarinen, Hannu Kankaanranta
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice - 2021 -
Clinical value of bronchodilator response for diagnosing asthma in steroid-naïve
adults.
Leena E Tuomisto, Pinja Ilmarinen, Lauri Lehtimäki, Onni Niemelä, Minna Tommola, Hannu Kankaanranta
ERJ open research - 2021 -
Influence of Childhood Exposure to a Farming Environment on Age at Asthma Diagnosis in a Population-Based
Study
H. Andersen, P. Ilmarinen, J. Honkamaki, E. L. Tuomisto, H. Hisinger-Molkanen, H. Backman, Bo Lundbäck, E. Ronmark, L. Lehtimaki, A. Sovijarvi, P. Piirila, Hannu Kankaanranta
Journal of Asthma and Allergy - 2021 -
Asthma Diagnosis without Aerosol-Generating Procedures (Spirometry): Evidence for and Beyond the COVID-19
Pandemic.
Hannu Kankaanranta, Lauri Lehtimäki, Leena E Tuomisto
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice - 2021 -
High but stable incidence of adult-onset asthma in northern Sweden over the last
decades
P. Raisanen, H. Backman, L. Hedman, M. Andersson, C. Stridsman, Hannu Kankaanranta, P. Ilmarinen, H. Andersen, P. Piirila, A. Lindberg, Bo Lundbäck, E. Ronmark
Erj Open Research - 2021 -
Severe Asthma in a General Population Study: Prevalence and Clinical
Characteristics
Lina Rönnebjerg, M. Axelsson, Hannu Kankaanranta, H. Backman, Madeleine Rådinger, Bo Lundbäck, Linda Ekerljung
Journal of Asthma and Allergy - 2021 -
Differences in diagnostic patterns of obstructive airway disease between areas and sex in Sweden and Finland - the Nordic EpiLung
study.
Malin Axelsson, Pinja Ilmarinen, Helena Backman, Linda Ekerljung, Linnea Hedman, Arnulf Langhammer, Anne Lindberg, Ari Lindqvist, Bright I Nwaru, Paula Pallasaho, Anssi Sovijärvi, Iida Vähätalo, Hannu Kankaanranta, Hanna Hisinger-Mölkänen, Päivi Piirilä, Eva Rönmark
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma - 2021 -
Long-term adherence to inhaled corticosteroids in clinical phenotypes of adult-onset
asthma
P. Ilmarinen, I. Vähätalo, L. E. Tuomisto, O. Niemelä, Hannu Kankaanranta
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice - 2021 -
Multimorbidity in Finnish and Swedish speaking Finns; association with daily habits and socioeconomic status - Nordic EpiLung cross-sectional
study
H. Andersen, Hannu Kankaanranta, L. E. Tuomisto, P. Piirila, A. Sovijarvi, A. Langhammer, H. Backman, Bo Lundbäck, E. Ronmark, L. Lehtimaki, P. Ilmarinen
Preventive Medicine Reports - 2021 -
The triad of current asthma, rhinitis and eczema is uncommon among adults: Prevalence, sensitization profiles, and risk
factors
Teet Pullerits, Erik P Rönmark, Linda Ekerljung, Mona Palmqvist, Monica Arvidsson, Roxana Mincheva, Helena Backman, Hannu Kankaanranta, Pinja Ilmarinen, Madeleine Rådinger, Bo Lundbäck, Bright I Nwaru
Respiratory Medicine - 2021 -
Long-term prognosis of new adult-onset asthma in obese
patients
P. Ilmarinen, A. Pardo, L. E. Tuomisto, I. Vahatalo, O. Niemela, P. Nieminen, Hannu Kankaanranta
European Respiratory Journal - 2021 -
Long-term adherence to inhaled corticosteroids and asthma control in adult-onset
asthma
I. Vahatalo, Hannu Kankaanranta, L. E. Tuomisto, O. Niemela, L. Lehtimaki, P. Ilmarinen
ERJ Open Research - 2021 -
Dyspnea has an association with lifestyle: differences between Swedish and Finnish speaking persons in Western
Finland
H. Andersen, P. Ilmarinen, J. Honkamaki, L. E. Tuomisto, P. Piirila, H. Hisinger-Molkanen, A. Sovijarvi, H. Backman, Bo Lundbäck, E. Ronmark, L. Lehtimaki, Hannu Kankaanranta
European Clinical Respiratory Journal - 2021 -
Parallel gradients in F-ENO and in the prevalences of asthma and atopy in adult general populations of Sweden, Finland and Estonia - A Nordic EpiLung
study
P. G. Lassmann-Klee, P. L. Piirilla, B. Brumpton, M. Larsson, B. M. Sundblad, J. Polluste, M. Juusela, A. Routious, M. Mere, A. Lindqvist, Hannu Kankaanranta, H. Backman, A. Langhammer, E. Ronmark, Bo Lundbäck, A. R. A. Sovijarvi
Respiratory Medicine - 2020 -
Patient Selection for Mepolizumab in Severe Asthma: Time for
Reappraisal?
Hannu Kankaanranta, Pinja Ilmarinen
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice - 2020 -
Decreased COPD prevalence in Sweden after decades of decrease in
smoking.
Helena Backman, Lowie E G W Vanfleteren, Anne Lindberg, Linda Ekerljung, Caroline Stridsman, Malin Axelsson, Ulf Nilsson, Bright I Nwaru, Sami Sawalha, Berne Eriksson, Linnea Hedman, Madeleine Rådinger, Sven-Arne Jansson, Anders Ullman, Hannu Kankaanranta, Jan Lötvall, Eva Rönmark, Bo Lundbäck
Respiratory research - 2020