Childhood obesity in relation to poor asthma control and exacerbations

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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 Methods: A meta-analysis was performed on unpublished ... read more
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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
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.4070
ISSN: 1053-8569
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
 
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