Effect of obesity on asthma phenotype is dependent upon asthma severity

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-104

  Raviv, Stacy ^a   Dixon, Anne E ^b   Kalhan, Ravi ^c   Shade, David ^d   Smith, Lewis J ^c  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

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

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

airflow obstruction; airway reactivity; asthma; body mass index; obesity

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHACHOLINE; MONTELUKAST; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; SYMPTOM; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 79952154028     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.534220     Document Type: Article

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