For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Both obesity and asthma are on the rise worldwide. This paper examines the association between obesity and asthma prevalence in adult women in India. Information on 82,464 non-pregnant, ever-married women age 15-49, included in India's 1998-99 National Family Health Survey was analyzed. Obese women were about twice as likely as those with a normal BMI to report suffering from asthma. The association between obesity and asthma remained strong and statistically significant even when the effects of other selected risk factors and potential confounders were controlled. Overweight women also reported significantly higher adjusted asthma prevalence than those with a normal BMI...
The aim of this study was to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and asthma incide...
International audienceINTRODUCTION: Obesity is a known risk factor for asthma. Although some evidenc...
AbstractBoth asthma and obesity have become more common in affluent societies during the recent deca...
The aim is to study the association between obesity and asthma among adults by gender. The prevalenc...
Asthma and obesity are main public health problems. The association between severity of asthma and o...
The incidence of asthma has been reported to be associated with obesity. An alternative analysis, of...
Background: Obesity is a risk factor for asthma, particularly in women, but few cohort studies have ...
Background: The association between asthma and obesity is becoming increasingly established but the ...
teams ABSTRACT: The incidence of asthma has been reported to be associated with obesity. An alternat...
AbstractAsthma and obesity are both chronic conditions and their prevalences have risen in affluent ...
Measures of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference define general obesity and abdominal obesi...
SummaryBackground and aimEpidemiological data has established increasing adiposity as a risk factor ...
The authors estimated the association between asthma and body mass index in a 1963–2002 study of 135...
Bu çalışma, 29 Ekim - 03 Kasım 2005 tarihleri arasında Montreal[Kanada]’da düzenlenen Chest 2005 Con...
Background: Epidemiological studies suggest an association between obesity and asthma in adults and ...
The aim of this study was to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and asthma incide...
International audienceINTRODUCTION: Obesity is a known risk factor for asthma. Although some evidenc...
AbstractBoth asthma and obesity have become more common in affluent societies during the recent deca...
The aim is to study the association between obesity and asthma among adults by gender. The prevalenc...
Asthma and obesity are main public health problems. The association between severity of asthma and o...
The incidence of asthma has been reported to be associated with obesity. An alternative analysis, of...
Background: Obesity is a risk factor for asthma, particularly in women, but few cohort studies have ...
Background: The association between asthma and obesity is becoming increasingly established but the ...
teams ABSTRACT: The incidence of asthma has been reported to be associated with obesity. An alternat...
AbstractAsthma and obesity are both chronic conditions and their prevalences have risen in affluent ...
Measures of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference define general obesity and abdominal obesi...
SummaryBackground and aimEpidemiological data has established increasing adiposity as a risk factor ...
The authors estimated the association between asthma and body mass index in a 1963–2002 study of 135...
Bu çalışma, 29 Ekim - 03 Kasım 2005 tarihleri arasında Montreal[Kanada]’da düzenlenen Chest 2005 Con...
Background: Epidemiological studies suggest an association between obesity and asthma in adults and ...
The aim of this study was to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and asthma incide...
International audienceINTRODUCTION: Obesity is a known risk factor for asthma. Although some evidenc...
AbstractBoth asthma and obesity have become more common in affluent societies during the recent deca...