Adiposity and Asthma in a Nationwide Study of Children and Adults in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Although obesity has been associated with asthma, body mass index is suboptimal to fully characterize adiposity.

Objectives

We examined the relation between adiposity and asthma in a large sample of the U.S. population, using indices defined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.

Methods

We analyzed data from 8,886 children (aged 8-19 yr) and 12,795 adults (aged 20-69 yr) from the 2001 to 2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. In addition to body mass index, percent body fat, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry was used to calculate whole-body and local adiposity indices: fat mass index; total, trunk, and legs percent fat; and trunk-to-total fat mass ratio, legs-to-total fat mass ratio, and trunk-to-

SUBMITTER: Forno E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5880523 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature