General and abdominal obesity and incident asthma in adults: the HUNT study

Measures of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference define general obesity and abdominal obesity respectively. While high BMI has been established as a risk factor for asthma in adults, waist circumference has seldom been investigated. To determine the association between BMI, waist circumfere...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The European respiratory journal 2013-02, Vol.41 (2), p.323-329
Hauptverfasser:	BRUMPTON, Ben, LANGHAMMER, Arnulf, ROMUNDSTAD, Pål, YUE CHEN, MAI, Xiao-Mei
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Asthma - complications Asthma - epidemiology Biological and medical sciences Body Mass Index Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma Female Humans Male Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Middle Aged Models, Statistical Norway Obesity Obesity - complications Obesity - epidemiology Odds Ratio Pneumology Prospective Studies Risk Factors Smoking Waist Circumference Young Adult
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