Obesity is Associated with Asthma Among Atopic as well as Non-Atopic Adults

Nationally representative U.S. data from the 2001-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination and Survey (NHANES) were used to examine the relationship between obesity (BMI >= 30) and self-reported doctor diagnosis of current asthma among 13,970 adults age 20 and above with a logistic regressi...

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Published inJournal of allergy and clinical immunology Vol. 125; no. 2; p. AB191
Main Authors Visness, C.M, London, S.J, Gergen, P.J, Mitchell, H.E, Zeldin, D.C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published St. Louis Mosby, Inc 01.02.2010
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Allergies
Allergy and Immunology
Gender
Obesity
United States > US
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Summary:Nationally representative U.S. data from the 2001-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination and Survey (NHANES) were used to examine the relationship between obesity (BMI >= 30) and self-reported doctor diagnosis of current asthma among 13,970 adults age 20 and above with a logistic regression model controlling for age, race/ethnicity, gender, poverty income ratio, and current smoking.
ISSN:0091-6749
1097-6825
DOI:10.1016/j.jaci.2009.12.747