Body mass index and asthma severity in the National Asthma Survey

Thorax

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-20

  Taylor, B ^a   Mannino, D ^b   Brown, C ^c   Crocker, D ^c   Twum Baah, N ^a   Holguin, F ^a,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; LEUKOTRIENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ASTHMA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK; SELF REPORT; SMOKING HABIT; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 38349129858     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.082784     Document Type: Article

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