This work from my PhD is now out in the world! With @dylankneale.bsky.social and Prof Praveetha Patalay, I looked at asthma disparities in UK LGBTQ+ people
Blog from me and my wonderful colleague Dr Charis Bridger Staatz!
New @ioe.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk research finds that sexual minority adults in the UK are more likely to be diagnosed with asthma than their heterosexual peers, with health disparities between them worsening across life.
Read more on the CLS website: bit.ly/466Hopc
💥New: “Dancing in the Rain” – How to better recognise the impact of longitudinal studies and research infrastructure
✍️ Charis Bridger Staatz & @evietabor.bsky.social
#ResearchImpact #LongitudinalData #SocialScience @clscohorts.bsky.social
The open-access article can be found here: doi.org/10.1016/j.pu...
Evie Tabor
We also found asthma disparities widened over time and seemed to emerge in late adolescence / early adulthood
Evie Tabor
Lung function was also poorer in LGBTQ+ respondents - this study is one of the first to look at this objective measure of lung health in UK LGBTQ+ people
We're excited to announce CLS will lead the first new nationally representative UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years. Generation New Era will follow the lives of more than 30,000 babies born in 2026, during their early years, and potentially beyond. Read more: bit.ly/4gfttBP
We used brilliant data from @clscohorts.bsky.social, @usociety.bsky.social, and @elsa-study.bsky.social which allowed us to look in detail at asthma in LGBTQ+ people in the UK
This blog is based on our comment with @dylankneale.bsky.social in @sllshome.bsky.social journal: doi.org/10.1332/1757...
Sexual minority women and bisexual adults are at the greatest risk of asthma, with disparities between them and their heterosexual counterparts worsening across life.
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How can the impact of longitudinal datasets that are developed over the course of decades be better recognised?
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 found bisexuals and LGBTQ+ women had the greatest disparities in asthma compared to their heterosexual counterparts
