Relationship between childhood body mass index and young adult asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between obesity and asthma is an area of debate.

Objective

To investigate the association of elevated body mass index (BMI) at a young age and young adult asthma.

Methods

BMI, questionnaires, and serologic tests results were analyzed in participants of a predominantly white, middle-class, population-based birth cohort from Detroit, Michigan at 6 to 8 and 18 years of age. Asthma diagnosis was based on medical record data. Allergen specific IgE was analyzed using UniCAP, with atopy defined as 1 or more allergen specific IgE levels of 0.35 kU/L or higher. Overweight was defined as a BMI in 85th percentile or higher.

Results

A total of 10.6% of overweight males at 6 to 8 years of age had current asthma at 18 to 20 years of age compared w

SUBMITTER: Porter M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3769639 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature