Are overweight asthmatics more difficult to control?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-84

  Saint Pierre, P ^a   Bourdin, A ^b   Chanez, P ^b   Daures, J P ^a   Godard, P ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma control; Body mass index; Follow up; Markov model

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COVARIANCE; DATA BASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644885777     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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