Association between body mass index and asthma among japanese adults: Risk within the normal weight range

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-287

  Fukutomi, Yuma ^a,b   Taniguchi, Masami ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^b   Konno, Satoshi ^c   Nishimura, Masaharu ^c   Kawagishi, Yukio ^d   Okada, Chiharu ^e,g   Tanimoto, Yasushi ^f   Takahashi, Kiyoshi ^f   Akasawa, Akira ^h   Akiyama, Kazuo ^a  

^a SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kurobe City Hospital   (Japan)

^e Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^f OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^h TOKYO METROPOLITAN CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Body mass index; Japan; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMMON COLD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 80054996348     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327555     Document Type: Article

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