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Obesity-associated severe asthma represents a distinct clinical phenotype: analysis of the British Thoracic Society Difficult Asthma Registry Patient cohort according to BMI.
Chest - 1 Feb 2013
Gibeon David, Batuwita Kannangara, Osmond Michelle, Heaney Liam G, Brightling Chris E, Niven Rob, Mansur Adel, Chaudhuri Rekha, Bucknall Christine E, Rowe Anthony, Guo Yike, Bhavsar Pankaj K, Chung Kian Fan, Menzies-Gow Andrew
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BACKGROUND: Obesity has emerged as a risk factor for the development of asthma and it may also influence asthma control and airway inflammation. However, the role of obesity in severe asthma remains unclear. Thus, our objective was to explore the association between obesity (defied by BMI) and severe asthma. METHODS: Data from the British Thoracic Society Difficult Asthma Registry were used to compare patient...
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