Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and childhood asthma: a European collaborative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the associations of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour in early childhood with asthma and reduced lung function in later childhood within a large collaborative study.

Design

Pooling of longitudinal data from collaborating birth cohorts using meta-analysis of separate cohort-specific estimates and analysis of individual participant data of all cohorts combined.

Setting

Children aged 0-18 years from 26 European birth cohorts.

Participants

136 071 individual children from 26 cohorts, with information on PA and/or sedentary behaviour in early childhood and asthma assessment in later childhood.

Main outcome measure

Questionnaire-based current asthma and lung function measured by spirometry (forced expiratory volume in 1 s

SUBMITTER: Eijkemans M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11331876 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature