Effect of weight change on asthma-related health outcomes in patients with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 274-283

  Haselkorn, Tmirah ^a   Fish, James E ^b   Chipps, Bradley E ^c   Miller, Dave P ^d   Chen, Hubert ^e   Weiss, Scott T ^f  

^a EpiMetrix Inc   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c Capital Allergy and Respiratory Disease Center   (United States)

^d ICON CLINICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; ATAQ; Body mass index; MiniAQLQ; TENOR

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; ASTHMA THERAPY ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS;

EID: 58249086394     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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