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Body Mass Index Development and Asthma Throughout Childhood.
American journal of epidemiology - 15 Jul 2017
Ekström Sandra, Magnusson Jessica, Kull Inger, Andersson Niklas, Bottai Matteo, Besharat Pour Mohsen, Melén Erik, Bergström Anna
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have found an association between overweight and asthma, yet the temporal relationship between their onsets remains unclear. We investigated the development of body mass index (BMI) from birth to adolescence among 2,818 children with and without asthma from a Swedish birth cohort study, the BAMSE (a Swedish acronym for "children, allergy, milieu, Stockholm, epidemiology") Project, during...
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