Childhood obesity in relation to poor asthma control and exacerbations
Ahmadizar, Fariba; Vijverberg, Susanne; Arets, Hubertus; De Boer, Anthonius; Lang, Jason; Kattan, Meyer; Palmer, Colin; Mukhopadhyay, Somnath; Turner, Steve; Van Der Zee, Anke-Hilse Maitland
(2016) Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, volume 25, pp. 179 - 180
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Background: The relationship between obesity and asthma severity in children is inconsistent across studies. Objectives: To estimate the association between obesity and poor asthma control/ risk of exacerbations in asthmatic children and adolescents, and to assess whether these associations are different by gender. Methods: A meta-analysis was performed on unpublished
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data from three North-European pediatric asthma cohorts (BREATHE, PACMAN and PAGES) and 11 previously published studies. Body mass index (BMI) was classified as obesity (BMI≥95th percentile) and non-obesity
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Keywords: corticosteroid, adolescent, asthma, body mass, child, childhood obesity, confidence interval, consensus development, controlled study, disease exacerbation, emergency ward, female, gender, girl, hospitalization, human, male, meta analysis, model, normal human, odds ratio, questionnaire, statistical significance, stratification
ISSN: 1053-8569
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd