Body mass index may modify asthma prevalence among low-birth-weight children

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-42

  Lu, Frank Leigh ^a   Hsieh, Chia Jung ^b   Caffrey, James L ^d   Lin, Meng Hung ^g   Lin, Yu Sheng ^e,f   Lin, Ching Chun ^c   Tsai, Meng Shan ^g   Ho, Wen Chao ^g   Chen, Pau Chung ^c   Sung, Fung Chang ^g   Lin, Ruey Shiung ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Asthma; Birth weight; Body mass index; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84863310231     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr484     Document Type: Article

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