| No association between overweight and asthma or allergy in adolescence after wheezing in infancy. | |
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PMID: 23190250 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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AIMS: The aim of the study was to evaluate the association between weight status and asthma, allergy and respiratory symptoms in adolescents with bronchiolitis in infancy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: At age 15-18 years a questionnaire was sent to 96 study subjects hospitalized for wheezing at age <24 months and followed-up subsequently. Sixty-seven (70%) of them answered. Weight and height data for body mass index (BMI) calculation were available in 60(63%) cases. Asthma, allergy, respiratory symptoms and the use of asthma medication were compared between overweight or obese and normal weight groups constructed by age- and sex-specific BMI standard deviation scores (BMI-SDS). Population controls matched for sex, and birth month and place, were recruited for this study phase at age 15-18 years. RESULTS: Eleven (18.3%) study subjects were overweight (BMI-SDS >0.78 in males and >1.16 in females) and only 3 (5.0%) were obese (BMI-SDS >1.70 in males and >2.10 in females) at 16.5 (median) years of age. Overweight or obesity had no significant association with doctor-diagnosed or self-reported asthma, allergy or the use of inhaled corticosteroids. The negative results were confirmed by adjusted analyses. CONCLUSION: Weight status had no association with asthma or allergy in adolescence after wheezing in infancy. ©2012 The Author(s)/Acta Paediatrica ©2012 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. |
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Marja Ruotsalainen; Mari K Hyvärinen; Antti Saari; Eija Piippo-Savolainen; Matti Korppi |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-11-28 |
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Title: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) Volume: - ISSN: 1651-2227 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Paediatr. Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-11-29 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9205968 Medline TA: Acta Paediatr Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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©2012 The Author(s)/Acta Paediatrica ©2012 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. |
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland. |
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