U-shaped association between body mass index and the prevalence of wheeze and asthma, but not eczema or rhinoconjunctivitis: The Ryukyus Child Health Study

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 804-810

  Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Miyake, Yoshihiro ^a   Arakawa, Masashi ^b   Sasaki, Satoshi ^c   Ohya, Yukihiro ^d  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Body mass index; Cross sectional study; Eczema; Rhinitis; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SIBLING; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 80053282346     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2011.611956     Document Type: Article

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