Does higher body mass index contribute to worse asthma control in an urban population?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-212

  Clerisme Beaty, Emmanuelle M ^a   Karam, Sabine ^b   Rand, Cynthia ^a   Patino, Cecilia M ^c   Bilderback, Andrew ^a   Riekert, Kristin A ^a   Okelo, Sande O ^a   Diette, Gregory B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACCI; African American; Asthma; asthma communication control instrument; asthma control; body mass index; inner city; obesity; overweight

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STABILIZING AGENT; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67651213554     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.05.034     Document Type: Article

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