This blog is based on our comment with @dylankneale.bsky.social in @sllshome.bsky.social journal: doi.org/10.1332/1757...
Blog from me and my wonderful colleague Dr Charis Bridger Staatz!
The open-access article can be found here: doi.org/10.1016/j.pu...
Lastly, we looked at the role of smoking and found that it played only a small role (despite higher LGBTQ+ smoking rates). Further work looking at stress, discrimination, and environmental factors could be important!
We also found asthma disparities widened over time and seemed to emerge in late adolescence / early adulthood