The associations between weight-related anthropometrics during childhood and lung function in late childhood: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:An association between body weight in childhood and subsequent lung function and asthma has been suggested, but few longitudinal studies exist. Our aim was to explore whether weight-related anthropometric measurements through childhood were associated with lung function in late childhood. METHODS:From an original nested case-control study, a cohort study was conducted, where lung function was measured in 463 children aged 12.8 years, and anthropometry was measured at several ages from birth through 12.8 years of age. Associations between anthropometrics and lung function were analysed using multiple linear and fractional polynomial regression analysis. RESULTS:Birthweight and body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) at different ages through childhood were positively associated with forced

SUBMITTER: Byberg KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5775530 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature