Nickel allergy is associated with wheezing and asthma in a cohort of young German adults: results from the SOLAR study

Nickel allergy is the most prevalent contact allergy. It belongs to a different hypersensitivity type to asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis. The aim of this analysis was to assess whether self-reported nickel allergy is associated with incident wheezing, asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis in young German adults, taking into account potential effect modification by sex.In total, 2051 (70.6%) participants aged 19-24 years took part in the second phase of...