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Obesity and asthma: an association modified by age of asthma onset.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Jun 2011
Holguin Fernando, Bleecker Eugene R, Busse William W, Calhoun William J, Castro Mario, Erzurum Serpil C, Fitzpatrick Anne M, Gaston Benjamin, Israel Elliot, Jarjour Nizar N, Moore Wendy C, Peters Stephen P, Yonas Michael, Teague W Gerald, Wenzel Sally E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Studies of asthma phenotypes have identified obesity as a component of a group characterized by a high proportion of subjects with adult-onset asthma. However, whether age of asthma onset modifies the association between obesity and asthma is unknown. OBJECTIVES: We sought to compare the associations between body mass index (BMI) categories with physiological, inflammatory, and clinical parameters...
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