Weight gain from early to middle adulthood increases the risk of incident asthma later in life in the United States: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data describing the effects of weight change across adulthood on asthma are important for the prevention of asthma. This study aimed to investigate the association between weight change from early to middle adulthood and risk of incident asthma.

Methods

Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), we performed a nationally retrospective cohort study of the U.S. general population. A total of 20,771 people aged 40-74 years with recalled weight at young and middle adulthood were included in the cohort. Four weight change groups were categorized: stable non-obesity, non-obesity to obesity, obesity to non-obesity, and stable obesity. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) relating weight change to incident asthma over

SUBMITTER: Wang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8097961 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature