Publications
Odimba U, Farrell J, Sadatsafavi M, Jiang X, Gao Z. Sex-specific associations between ambient air pollution exposure thresholds and lung function in middle-aged and older Canadians: an analysis of CLSA data. Inhal Toxicol. 2026 Jul 15:1-17. doi: 10.1080/08958378.2026.2700549. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42459013.
Bowerman, C., Yabar, D., Cuyvers, B., Desbordes, P., Domnik, N. J., Duong, M., … Stanojevic, S. (2025). Feasibility of using an automated quality control algorithm for spirometry. Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, 9(4), 184–189. https://doi.org/10.1080/24745332.2025.2513021
Luo Z, Yang H, Jia J, Zhang H, Yao F. Fibroblast-derived HSD11B1 deficiency drives lung cancer in never-smokers through steroid metabolic imbalance. NPJ Precis Oncol. 2026 May 18;10(1):302. doi: 10.1038/s41698-026-01445-7. PMID: 42151394; PMCID: PMC13444321.
Gao P, Ye D, Li Q, Bai L, Xu X, Fang X. Association between blood metabolites and chronic respiratory diseases: A Mendelian randomization study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2026 Apr 24;105(17):e48317. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000048317. PMID: 42071799; PMCID: PMC13124415.
Kesibi D, Rotondi M, Edgell H, Tamim H. The association between age at natural menopause and risk of asthma among postmenopausal women from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Menopause. 2024 Dec 1;31(12):1069-1077. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002443. Epub 2024 Oct 29. PMID: 39470604.
Odimba U, Senthilselvan A, Farrell J, Gao Z. Sex-Specific Genetic Determinants of Asthma-COPD Phenotype and COPD in Middle-Aged and Older Canadian Adults: An Analysis of CLSA Data. COPD. 2023 Dec;20(1):233-247. doi: 10.1080/15412555.2023.2229906. PMID: 37466093.
Taunque A, Li G, MacNeil A, Gulati I, Jiang Y, de Groh M, Fuller-Thomson E. Breathless and Blue in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: Incident and Recurrent Depression Among Older Adults with COPD During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2023 Sep 13;18:1975-1993. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S417218. PMID: 37724252; PMCID: PMC10505398.
Odimba U, Senthilselvan A, Farrell J, Gao Z. Identification of Sex-Specific Genetic Polymorphisms Associated with Asthma in Middle-Aged and Older Canadian Adults: An Analysis of CLSA Data. J Asthma Allergy. 2023 May 11;16:553-566. doi: 10.2147/JAA.S404670. PMID: 37197194; PMCID: PMC10184860.
MacNeil A, Li G, Jiang Y, de Groh M, Fuller-Thomson E. Incident and recurrent depression among older adults with asthma during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Respir Med. 2023 Jul;213:107003. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2022.107003. Epub 2023 Jan 12. PMID: 36641372.
Veerasingam E, Gao Z, Beach J, Senthilselvan A. Sex-specific characteristics for the coexistence of asthma and COPD in the Canadian population: a cross-sectional analysis of CLSA data. J Asthma. 2023 Jun;60(6):1255-1267. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2022.2144349. Epub 2022 Dec 1. PMID: 36331431.
Verschoor CP, Cakmak S, Lukina AO, Dales RE. Activity-related dyspnea in older adults participating in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Oct;37(13):3302-3309. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07374-4. Epub 2022 Jul 11. PMID: 35819684.
Farooqi MAM, Ma J, Ali MU, Zaman M, Huang J, Xie Y, Dragoman A, Chen SJ, Raina PS, Duong M. Prevalence and burden of COPD misclassification in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). BMJ Open Respir Res. 2022 Mar;9(1):e001156. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2021-001156. PMID: 35273027.