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Dr.W.M.G.M.B.Bowatte

Faculty: Allied Health Sciences

Faculty Publications
Allied Health Sciences Clark DP, Son DB, Bowatte G, Senaratna CV, Lodge C, Perret JL, Hamilton GS, Dharmage S. The association between traffic-related air pollution and obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 2020 Jul 11:101360.
Allied Health Sciences Lodge CJ, Lowe AJ, Milanzi E, Bowatte G, Abramson MJ, Tsimiklis H, Axelrad C, Robertson B, Darling AE, Svanes C, Wjst M. Human milk oligosaccharide profiles and allergic disease up to 18 years. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2020; 147(3):1041-8.
Allied Health Sciences Dai X, Bui D, Perret JL, Lowe A, Frith PA, Bowatte G, Thomas P, Giles GG, Hamilton GS, Tsimiklis H, Hui J, Burgess J, Win A, Abramson M, Walters H, Dharmage S, Lodge C. Exposure to household air pollution over 10 years is related to asthma and lung function decline. The European Respiratory Journal. 2020; 1;57(1).
Allied Health Sciences Campbell B, Bui DS, Simpson JA, Lodge CJ, Lowe AJ, Bowatte G, Leynaert B, Real FG, Thomas PS, Giles GG, Johns DP. Early Age at Natural Menopause Is Related to Lower Post-Bronchodilator Lung Function. A Longitudinal Population-based Study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2020 Apr;17(4):429-37.
Allied Health Sciences Harun NS, Lachapelle P, Bowatte G, Lodge C, Braitberg G, Irving L, Hinks T, Dharmage S, Douglass J. 2016 Thunderstorm-asthma epidemic in Melbourne, Australia: An analysis of patient characteristics associated with hospitalization. Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. 2020 Mar 11:1-7.
Allied Health Sciences Bui DS, Perret JL, Walters EH, Abramson MJ, Burgess JA, Bui MQ, Bowatte G, Lowe AJ, Russell MA, Alif SM, Thompson BR. Lifetime Risk Factors for Pre-and Post-Bronchodilator Lung Function Decline. A Population-based Study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2020 Mar;17(3):302-12.
Allied Health Sciences Campbell B, Simpson JA, Bui DS, Lodge CJ, Lowe AJ, Matheson MC, Bowatte G, Burgess JA, Hamilton GS, Leynaert B, Gómez Real F. Early menarche is associated with lower adult lung function: A longitudinal cohort study from the first to sixth decade of life. Respirology. 2020 Mar;25(3):289-97.
Allied Health Sciences Peralta GP, Marcon A, Carsin AE, Abramson MJ, Accordini S, Amaral AF, Antó JM, Bowatte G, Burney P, Corsico A, Demoly P. Body mass index and weight change are associated with adult lung function trajectories: the prospective ECRHS study. Thorax. 2020 Apr 1;75(4):313-20.
Allied Health Sciences Bui DS, Lodge CJ, Perret JL, Lowe A, Hamilton GS, Thompson B, Giles G, Tan D, Erbas B, Pirkis J, Cicuttini F. Cassim R, Bowatte G, Thomas P, Garcia-Aymerich J, Hopper J, Abramson MJ, Walters EH, Dharmage SC. Trajectories of asthma and allergies from 7 years to 53 years and associations with lung function and extrapulmonary comorbidity profiles: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2020 Nov 17.
Allied Health Sciences Zeng, Zeng X, Lodge C, Lowe A, Guo Y, Abramson M, Bowatte G, Hu L, Yang B, Chen Z, Dharmage S, Dong GH. Current pet ownership modifies the adverse association between long‐term ambient air pollution exposure and childhood asthma. Clinical and Translational Allergy. 2021;11(1):e12005.
Allied Health Sciences Vakalopoulos, Vakalopoulos A, Dharmage S, Dharmaratne S, Jayasinghe P, Lall O, Ambrose I, Weerasooriya R, Bui D, Yasaratne D, Heyworth J, Bowatte G. Household Air Pollution from Biomass Fuel for Cooking and Adverse Fetal Growth Outcomes in Rural Sri Lanka. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021;18(4):1878.
Allied Health Sciences Triebner K, Bui D, Walters EH, Abramson MJ, Bowatte G, Campbell B, Dadvand P, Erbas B, Johns DP, Leynaert B, Lodge CJ, Lowe AJ, Perret JL, Hustad S, Gómez Real F, Dharmage SC. Childhood lung function as a determinant of menopause-dependent lung function decline. Maturitas. 2021;153:41-7.
Allied Health Sciences Tan, Tan D, Lodge C, Lowe A, Bui D, Bowatte G, Johns D, Hamilton G, Thomas P, Abramson M, Walters EH, Perret J, Dharmage SC. Bronchodilator reversibility as a diagnostic test for adult asthma: findings from the population-based Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study. ERJ Open Research. 2021;7(1):00042.
Allied Health Sciences Song Y, Walters EH, Abramson MJ, Bowatte G, Bui DS, Perret J, Feather I, Knibbs LD, Wilson R, Nichols DS, Dharmage SC, Zosky GR. Protein levels, air pollution and vitamin D deficiency: links with allergy. ERJ Open Res. 2021;7(4).
Allied Health Sciences Priyankara S, Senarathna M, Jayaratne R, Morawska L, Abeysundara S, Weerasooriya R, Knibbs LD, Dharmage SC, Yasaratne D, Bowatte G. Ambient PM(2.5) and PM(10) Exposure and Respiratory Disease Hospitalization in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(18).
Allied Health Sciences Senarathna M, Jayaratne R, Morawska L, Guo Y, Knibbs LD, Bui D, Abeysundara S, Weerasooriya R, Bowatte G. Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality of Sri Lankan cities. International Journal of Environmental Pollution and Remediation. 2021;9:12-21.
Allied Health Sciences Lodge, Lodge C, Lowe A, Milanzi E, Bowatte G, Abramson M, Tsimiklis H, Axelrad C, Robertson B, Darling A, Svanes C, Wjst M, Dharmage S, Bode L. Human milk oligosaccharide profiles and allergic disease up to 18 years. Journal of allergy and clinical immunology. 2021;147(3):1041-8.
Allied Health Sciences Lopez, Lopez D, Lodge C, Bui D, Waidyatillake N, Su J, Perret J, Knibbs L, Erbas B, Thomas P, Hamilton G, Thompson B, Abramson M, Walters EH, Dharmage S, Bowatte G, Lowe AJ. Association between ambient air pollution and development and persistence of atopic and non‐atopic eczema in a cohort of adults. Allergy. 2021; 76(8):2524-34.
Allied Health Sciences Kaushalya L, Bowatte G, Yasaratne D. Post COVID-19: A narrative review of a new challenge. Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine. 2021; 30:30(2).
Allied Health Sciences Dai X, Bui D, Perret J, Lowe A, Frith P, Bowatte G, Thomas P, Giles G, Hamilton G, Tsimiklis H, Hui J, Burgess J, Win A, Abramson M, Walters EH, Dharmage S, Lodge C. Exposure to household air pollution over 10 years is related to asthma and lung function decline. European Respiratory Journal. 2021;57(1).
Allied Health Sciences Bui DS, Agusti A, Walters H, Lodge C, Perret JL, Lowe A, Bowatte G, Cassim R, Hamilton GS, Frith P, James A, Thomas PS, Jarvis D, Abramson MJ, Faner R, Dharmage SC. Lung function trajectory and biomarkers in the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study. ERJ Open Res. 2021;7(3).
Allied Health Sciences Bui D, Lodge C, Perret J, Lowe A, Hamilton G, Thompson B, Giles G, Tan D, Erbas B, Pirkis J, Cicuttini F, Cassim R, Bowatte G, Thomas P, Garcia Aymerich J, Hopper J, Abramson M, Walters E, Dharmage SC. Trajectories of asthma and allergies from 7 years to 53 years and associations with lung function and extrapulmonary comorbidity profiles: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2021;9(4):387-96.
Allied Health Sciences Ali GB, Lowe AJ, Perret JL, Walters EH, Lodge CJ, Johns D, James A, Erbas B, Hamilton GS, Bowatte G, Wood-Baker R. Impact of lifetime body mass index trajectories on the incidence and persistence of adult asthma. European Respiratory Journal. 2022; 60(3).
Allied Health Sciences Bowatte G, Bui DS, Priyankara S, Lowe AJ, Perret JL, Lodge CJ, Hamilton GS, Erbas B, Thomas P, Thompson B, Schlünssen V. Parental preconception BMI trajectories from childhood to adolescence and asthma in the future offspring. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2022; 150(1):67-74.
Allied Health Sciences Lall O, Bowatte G, Dharmaratne S, Lowe AJ, Vakalopoulos A, Ambrose I, Jayasinghe P, Yasaratne D, Heyworth J, Dharmage SC. Household use of biomass fuel, especially traditional stove is associated with childhood wheeze and eczema: a cross sectional study of rural communities in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Journal of Asthma. 2022 Feb 17:1-9.
Allied Health Sciences Bui DS, Perret JL, Walters EH, Lodge CJ, Bowatte G, Hamilton GS, Thompson BR, Frith P, Erbas B, Thomas PS, Johns DP. Association between very to moderate preterm births, lung function deficits, and COPD at age 53 years: analysis of a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2022 May 1;10(5):478-84.
Allied Health Sciences Perret JL, Wurzel D, Walters EH, Lowe AJ, Lodge CJ, Bui DS, Erbas B, Bowatte G, Russell MA, Thompson BR, Gurrin L. Childhood ‘bronchitis’ and respiratory outcomes in middle-age: a prospective cohort study from age 7 to 53 years. BMJ open respiratory research. 2022 Jun 1;9(1): e001212.
Allied Health Sciences Dayarathana K, Sakeena MH, Bowatte G. Use and Attitudes of Complementary and Alternative Medicines Among Allied Health Sciences Students, University of Peradeniya. Sri Lankan Journal of Health Sciences. 2022 Jul 6;1(1).
Allied Health Sciences Senanayake U, Bowatte G. Effects of Human Milk Oligosaccharides on Microbiome. Sri Lankan Journal of Health Sciences. 2022 Jul 6;1(1).
Allied Health Sciences Liu J, Bowatte G, Pham J, Perret JL, Holloway JW, Lowe AJ, Burgess JA, Svanes C, Thomas P, Russell MA, Erbas B. Pre-pubertal smoke exposure of fathers and increased risk of offspring asthma: a possible transgenerational effect. European Respiratory Journal. 2022 Oct 1;60(4).
Allied Health Sciences Senarathna M, Priyankara S, Jayaratne R, Weerasooriya R, Morawska L, Bowatte G. Measuring Traffic Related Air Pollution Using Smart Sensors In Sri Lanka: Before And During A New Traffic Plan. Geography, Environment, Sustainability. 2022 Oct 4;15(3):27-36.
Allied Health Sciences Tandra M, Walters EH, Perret J, Lowe AJ, Lodge CJ, Johns DP, Thomas PS, Bowatte G, Davis PG, Abramson MJ, Dharmage SC. Small for gestational age is associated with reduced lung function in middle age: A prospective study from first to fifth decade of life. Respirology. 28(2), 159-165.
Allied Health Sciences Dharmage SC, Bui DS, Walters EH, Lowe AJ, Thompson B, Bowatte G, Thomas P, Garcia-Aymerich J, Jarvis D, Hamilton GS, Johns DP. Lifetime spirometry patterns of obstruction andrestriction, and their risk factors and outcomes: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Published online 2022 Oct 14. doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00364-2
Allied Health Sciences Tan DJ, Lodge CJ, Walters EH, Lowe AJ, Bui DS, Bowatte G, Kandane‐Rathnayake R, Aldakheel FM, Erbas B, Hamilton GS, Thomas PS. Biomarkers of asthma relapse and lung function decline in adults with spontaneous asthma remission: a population‐based cohort study. Allergy. Published online 2022 Oct 27. doi.org/10.1111/all.15566