den Dekker, Herman T.Sonnenschein-van der Voort, Agnes M. M.de Jongste, Johan C.Anessi-Maesano, IsabellaArshad, S. HasanBarros, HenriqueBeardsmore, Caroline S.Bisgaard, HansPhar, Sofia CorreiaCraig, LeoneDevereux, Grahamvan der Ent, C. KorsEsplugues, AnaFantini, Maria P.Flexeder, ClaudiaFrey, UrsForastiere, FrancescoGehring, UlrikeGori, Davidevan der Gugten, Anne C.Henderson, A. JohnHeude, BarbaraIbarluzea, JesúsInskip, Hazel M.Keil, ThomasKogevinas, ManolisKreiner-Møller, EskilKuehni, Claudia E.Lau, SusanneMélen, ErikMommers, MoniqueMorales, EvaPenders, JohnPike, Katy C.Porta, DanielaReiss, Irwin K.Roberts, GrahamSchmidt, AnneSchultz, Erica S.Schulz, HolgerSunyer, JordiTorrent, MatiasVassilaki, MariaWijga, Alet H.Zabaleta, CarlosJaddoe, Vincent W. V.Duijts, Liesbeth2017-04-012017-04-012016-04den Dekker, H T, Sonnenschein-van der Voort, A M M, de Jongste, J C, Anessi-Maesano, I, Arshad, S H, Barros, H, Beardsmore, C S, Bisgaard, H, Phar, S C, Craig, L, Devereux, G, van der Ent, C K, Esplugues, A, Fantini, M P, Flexeder, C, Frey, U, Forastiere, F, Gehring, U, Gori, D, van der Gugten, A C, Henderson, A J, Heude, B, Ibarluzea, J, Inskip, H M, Keil, T, Kogevinas, M, Kreiner-Møller, E, Kuehni, C E, Lau, S, Mélen, E, Mommers, M, Morales, E, Penders, J, Pike, K C, Porta, D, Reiss, I K, Roberts, G, Schmidt, A, Schultz, E S, Schulz, H, Sunyer, J, Torrent, M, Vassilaki, M, Wijga, A H, Zabaleta, C, Jaddoe, V W V & Duijts, L 2016, 'Early growth characteristics and the risk of reduced lung function and asthma : A meta-analysis of 25,000 children', Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, vol. 137, no. 4, pp. 1026-1035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2015.08.0500091-6749http://hdl.handle.net/2164/8426Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: I. Anessi-Maesano has received a grant from the FP7 MeDALL project (Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy, FP7 no. 261357) and has board memberships with the European Respiratory Journal, Clinical and Experimental Allergy, the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, BMC Public Health, the European Respiratory Review, Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine, Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, Multidisciplinary Review Frontiers in Medicine, and La lettre du pneumologue. S. H. Arshad has received grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Medical Research Council and has consultant arrangements with Merck & Co. U. Frey and A. Schmidt have received grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation. A. J. Henderson has received grants from the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust. H. M. Inskip has received grants from the UK Medical Research Council, the British Heart Foundation, Asthma Research UK, the British Lung Foundation, the Food Standards Agency, and the Dunhill Medical Trust; is deputy chair of a grant-funding board for the UK Medical Research Council; and has her employment funded by the Medical Research Council. S. Lau has received grants from the German Research Foundation, Allergopharma, and Symbiopharma and has consultant arrangements with Merck. K. C. Pike has received grants from the Food Standards Agency and the British Lung Foundation. The rest of the authors declare that they have no relevant conflicts of interest.10493072engasthmachildreninfant growthlow birth weightlung functionmeta-analysispreterm birthQR180 ImmunologyR MedicineImmunology and AllergyImmunologyMedical Research Council (MRC)Wellcome TrustBritish Heart FoundationAsthma UKQR180RJournal article10.1016/j.jaci.2015.08.050http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84949254968&partnerID=8YFLogxK1374