Association between subcutaneous abdominal fat and airway hyperresponsiveness

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-73

  Kim, Kyung Mook ^a   Kim, Sun Sin ^b,c   Kwon, Jae Woo ^b   Jung, Jae Woo ^b   Kim, Tae Wan ^b   Lee, So Hee ^b,c   Min, Kyung Up ^b   Kim, You Young ^b   Cho, Sang Heon ^b,c  

^a Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; AIRWAY HYPERRESPONSIVENESS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SMOKING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79251647574     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: 15396304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2011.32.3407     Document Type: Article

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