Gender difference of childhood overweight and obesity in predicting the risk of incident asthma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-231

  Chen, Y C ^a,b   Dong, G H ^c   Lin, K C ^d   Lee, Y L ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body weight; Children; Cohort studies; Incidence; Respiratory tract disease

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG MECHANICS; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84874019600     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01055.x     Document Type: Review

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