Body-mass index as a predictor of incident asthma in a prospective cohort of children

An epidemic rise in asthma has occurred concurrently with a rise in overweight among United States children, but it is unclear whether body weight affects the risk of incident childhood asthma. We studied the prospective relation of body‐mass index (BMI) to incident asthma in a longitudinal study of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric pulmonology 2003-12, Vol.36 (6), p.514-521
Hauptverfasser:	Gold, Diane R., Damokosh, Andrew I., Dockery, Douglas W., Berkey, Catherine S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Age Distribution asthma Asthma - diagnosis Asthma - epidemiology Asthma - physiopathology Biological and medical sciences BMI Body Composition Body Mass Index Causality Child Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma Cohort Studies Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Longitudinal Studies Male maternal smoking Medical sciences obesity overweight pediatric Pneumology Prospective Studies Respiratory Function Tests Risk Assessment Sex Distribution Tobacco Smoke Pollution - statistics & numerical data United States - epidemiology
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