Comparison of anthropometric measures of obesity in childhood allergic asthma: Central obesity is most relevant

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Musaad, Salma M A ^a,b   Patterson, Tia ^a   Ericksen, Mark ^a   Lindsey, Mark ^a   Dietrich, Kim ^b   Succop, Paul ^b   Khurana Hershey, Gurjit K ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; body mass index percentiles; children; obesity; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAY FEVER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 67649210166     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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