Changes in body mass index during childhood and risk of various asthma phenotypes: a retrospective analysis

• Published in: Pediatric allergy and immunology Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 273 - 279
• Main Authors: Chastang, Julie, Baiz, Nour, Parnet, Laure, Cadwallader, Jean Sébastien, De Blay, Frédéric, Caillaud, Denis, Charpin, Denis André, Dwyer, John, Lavaud, François, Raherison, Chantal, Ibanez, Gladys, Annesi‐Maesano, Isabella
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2017; Wiley
• Subjects: allergic asthma; Asthma; Asthma - epidemiology; Asthma - etiology; Birth Weight; BMI; Body Mass Index; Child; corpulence; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Male; obesity; Overweight - complications; Peanuts; Phenotype; Risk Factors; Skin Tests; Statistics; Surveys and Questionnaires; Thinness - complications; asthma; allergic asthma; obesity; corpulence; BMI

Background It is known that asthma is related to obesity but also to small birthweight. The objective of this study was to clarify this issue by assessing the putative relationship between the changes in corpulence between birth and childhood as assessed by body mass index (BMI) and asthma phenotype...